“What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail is the best way to make a setting convincing. You can of course invent your own random details, and sometimes I will also mash up real incidents.” WayWantWritingRealSometimesHappensCoursesDetailsSettingBest WaySettingsConvincingIncidentsInvaluableMash Up Author:Zachary Lazar
“In hindsight, I must have been looking for a way to write about Jewishness that somehow managed to minimize irony and self-deprecation.” WayWritingHas BeensSelfIronyHindsightSelf Deprecation Author:Zachary Lazar
“Once I got interested in organized crime, and, specifically, Jewish organized crime, I got very interested in it. I have learned that, like my narrator Hannah, I'm a crime writer in my own peculiar way. Crime with a capital "C" is the subject that I'm stuck with - even Sway is about "crime" in a certain way. The nice thing about crime is that it enables you to deal with some big questioO” WayBigsCertainMy OwnDealsNiceSubjectsCrimeStuckOrganizedPeculiarI Have LearnedNice ThingsNarratorsOrganized Crime Author:Zachary Lazar
