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Action and adventure on land and sea-you can't ask for more. But Robert Kurson raises the ante in Pirate Hunters with an array of mystery and a fleet of colorful characters spanning four centuries. This is a great summer read!
Michael Connelly
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Michael Connelly
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 21
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Michael Joseph Connelly
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I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.
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...it is how a person goes about quenching his desires or living with them unrequited that the readers get a glimpse of his true character.
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A really good day for me is to write my book for about four hours, go to the writing room for about four hours and then maybe come back to the book to finish the day for a few more hours of it.
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In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.
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I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that.
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Write every day even if it is just a paragraph.
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How I work is that I write a story I'd like to read. Then you fly to Paris or Sydney and the interviewers talk about the greater significance of your work.
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Everybody counts or nobody counts
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