Harlan Coben
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Appearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Don't be just 99% perspiration.
It is the work, but you have to make sure that that 1% or that 2% is really powerful stuff.
And if it's not, change that 1% or 2% until you have something.
It takes me a while before I have an idea
that I know I'm going to now live with for the nine months or whatever else I'm writing this novel.
An idea is not a book.
There's a lot of times what I think is a great idea, but it's throwing out seeds on arid land.
Something hopefully will hold and start to grow.
Once it starts to grow, now you're nurturing it and working on it.
But don't work on a seed that's not going to grow.
My 10th novel.
Your 10th novel?
My 10th novel was called Tell No One.
That was my first New York Times bestseller.
I had a breakout moment.
I had done two at that small house.
I did seven, am I doing math right?
Seven Myron Bolotar novels.
Yes, I wrote seven books of my character, Myron Bolotar.
All done well.