Joseph Finder
Mostly on my very cluttered desk, or somewhere else in my office. You can get some idea of what my desk looks like here — http://www.josephfinder.com/general/m... — though that's a couple of years old, and the desk is even more cluttered now.
Peer recognition is tremendously valuable, and valued. Every thriller writer I know, myself included, got into this work because these were the books we loved to read. So we were all fans first. Most of us still read as widely as we can in the genre, although that can be distracting when you're actively writing. I will never get over that burst of pride when a writer I admire — someone like Lee Child, or Sue Miller, or Lisa Gardner or RL Stine — tells me that they've read my book and enjoyed it. Being nominated for a Thriller Award is that feeling, multiplied exponentially.
Peer recognition is tremendously valuable, and valued. Every thriller writer I know, myself included, got into this work because these were the books we loved to read. So we were all fans first. Most of us still read as widely as we can in the genre, although that can be distracting when you're actively writing. I will never get over that burst of pride when a writer I admire — someone like Lee Child, or Sue Miller, or Lisa Gardner or RL Stine — tells me that they've read my book and enjoyed it. Being nominated for a Thriller Award is that feeling, multiplied exponentially.
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