Writing Breakdown: How Writers Use Their Fears to Propel Their Writing - podcast

Bestselling author, Sara Paretsky shares how fears and insecurities can enrich your writing if you let it. There’s so much in our “Maybe everyone who writes mystery…has some degree or other of paranoia,” says Paretsky. “I would love to have Stephen King’s royalties but I would hate to have his nightmares.” Paretsky talks about her latest book, “Breakdown,” which is about failed national security. As she talks about the process of creating this book, you can feel the fear in the room. Listen to...