SUITE: Do you have something you wish to accomplish with the things you write? i.e. enjoyment, challenging, fear…what do you want people to take way with them when they read your writing? Do you ever have a message?
AYN: I just want people to enjoy reading what I write. But, because I do so much research into the time periods the unsolved murders occurred in, I’d like them to come away with having learned a little something they never knew before too.
SUITE: What time of day do you find you are the most creative?
AYN: My ideal time to write is 3 or 4 in the morning, while I’m having my first cups of coffee. I usually write until around 10, take a break to eat and take a nap, then come back about 1 or 2, and rewrite what I wrote that morning.
SUITE: Now you are a REAL morning person. What sort of things do you do for fun?
AYN: Read mysteries, what else? LOL.
SUITE: Do you have a favorite author/authors?
AYN: Gee, that’s a hard question to answer. I have so many. I love the Sherlock Holmes series by Doyle. And I like Greg Isles. And also William Coughlin’s books. And I also love Michael Crichton’s books too. But I can’t narrow it down any more than that.
SUITE: Sherlock Holmes books were my first mysteries. A book or author that influenced you a lot? Personally or professionally.
AYN: I think I’ve learned something from EVERY book I’ve ever read, everything that is, except those non-fiction so-called “self-help” books. I’ve never understood writing generally about specifics. How can they claim what they write will help everyone? We’re all unique.
SUITE: Favorite mystery movie.
AYN: The Titanic, hands-down. That was a mystery in a way. Where, exactly, did it go down? Why did it sink? What happened to all the treasures on the ship? How was society affected by the loss of so many lives? We know some of the answers now, of course, but not all.
SUITE: Favorite TV show? If you don’t have a favorite mystery, then some other type of TV show that is a favorite.
AYN: Law and Order. I love that show, even the re-runs. I’ve actually learned a lot about law in New York from watching it.
SUITE: I love that show too. How do you feel about writing? And how does it feel when you are writing? Excited, frustrated, is it just business.
AYN: Yes, it is a business, because of all the other things that a writer has to do. But when I’m actually DOING the writing … that’s a
