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You want to hear an agent scream, say, 'I'm thinking about doing a collection of short stories set in the Ozarks.'

The town of St. Charles near St. Louis was founded by a trapper named Blanchette. There is a section that's called Frenchtown on historical markers.

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I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.

For a long time, I didn't think I wanted to live in the Ozarks or write about the region. It seemed to be a sure recipe for obscurity, and to be obscure was not my conscious ambition.

We'd been living in the Arkansas Ozarks, then the Missouri Ozarks, because it is so inexpensive and does have natural wonders, but we shuffled things and moved to San Francisco, the corner of Dashiell Hammett and Pine.

I came back when I'd had a taste of other places and realized that I would never feel the same sense of connection to any place other than the Ozarks.

I'd just lie around all day. It's the chemo, the poison they pump into you. Sometimes I'd be walking across the room and think, 'There it is; I got to rest.' And I had to, right then.

I had bill collectors chasing me. We were skipping from town to town, not leaving forwarding addresses. The agent couldn't find me when he sold my book. He finally found me.

When poetry is on the money, 12 words can slay you. I admire that greatly.

I'd met some awfully tough gals in my life, and I find them compelling, if I don't have to socialize with them too much.

I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.

I can't say that dropping out of school at 16 to join the Marines was my best idea. On the other hand, maybe it was. Who knows?

If you don't allow yourself to change from book to book - take chances - it turns into a dullish job with no health benefits or pension plan and only intermittent paychecks.

I have always loved short stories. I have been at least as influenced by the short story masters as I have been by novelists.

It's called 'The Outlaw Album,' not 'The Ozarks Album.' These are stories that delve into different kinds of outlawry, from criminal acts to interior, or psychological, outlawry. The book is not meant to be a tapestry of the Ozarks.

I love Shakespeare and the Greeks - learned a lot studying them at one time.

I think all regions have had their peculiarities of speech rounded off by television, radio, and people travel so much more now.

I always gravitate towards anything from Ireland. With Irish lit, I love the use of language, but also in many instances, the Irish writers are writing about people and circumstances that I can relate to.

I have a Ford Taurus, and I don't care who knows it.

If I weren't so lazy, I would have 14 books, not eight.

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