Summary: From Crazy Quilt: Paula Paul is the author of 23 novels spanning a variety of genres: mystery, the historical novel, children's stories, and "the novel." In this fascinating interview, Paula explains: * What is common to all the books she's written, despite their being in different genres * Why she sometimes writes under a pseudonym * How she approaches characterization and plot * Why and how the reader is so important to her * How she analyzes other authors' books and draws inspiration from them * What she does to hold the reader's attention * What her writing process looks like * How landscape and setting mold personality * How she deals with beginnings and endings * What the hardest part of writing is for her.
