Jane Haddam

Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#convinced #everybody #fact #little #opposite

I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#constructed #i #make #my own #own

I really hate those books where the murderer turns out to be somebody you never heard of who pops up in the last chapter. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#chapter #hate #heard #i #last

I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#character #come #i #more #most

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#art #called #claim #director #discover

I'd like to write a history, maybe of the Reformation. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#i #like #maybe #reformation #write

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#college #college level #composition #editor #i

Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#audience #conferences #conventions #field #fights

My husband used to take care of the business part of this, and after he died I found I wasn't really any good at it. I hate remembering who owes me what and bugging them if they haven't paid me. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#any #bugging #business #care #died

Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#life #me #nobody #real #real life