Orbits of Fear

There is no center of gravity to my writing.

This is, I believe, and temporary state of things.

But for years now, for as long as I've been doing this for a living, my writing life had revolved around a single major project.

What that project might be at any time changed every six to nine months, but there was always a singularity that every other project had to allow for.

Always there was either a crime book or a Joe Pitt book that was in first draft; the stage where I lavished the most...