Torres v. Rozan

Writers interviewing writers is the new black, but that doesn’t mean that new entries aren’t welcome. Steven Torres, author of the PRECINCT PUERTO RICO series, has started with with a new series of his own, starting off with S.J. Rozan. Torres asks about how her standalone ABSENT FRIENDS differed in terms of the writing from her previous novels, and about her expanded “toolbox”:

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Bill and Lydia

will be coming back, right? Will the writing of the series be affected

by anything you’ve learned from writing ABSENT FRIENDS?

The next book after ABSENT FRIENDS will be another standalone, but

then yes, Bill and Lydia will be back. What will affect the series

books now is a new understanding of the tools in my writer’s toolbox: I

think there are a few more I have some idea how to use than there were

before.

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Ah, the writer’s toolbox. Could you name one of those writer’s tools that you’ve learned how to use?

The biggest one, for me, was point of view. Almost everything I’ve

written, and certainly all my novels, have been in the first person.

The ability to wield a close third person POV, and in fact four close

third person POV’s, was something I had to develop.

Other writers slated to be Q&Aed include David Ellis and yours truly, whose answers were a whole lot more long-winded in general…