Austadj@aol.com: I would like to know how she started writing. Did she have stories running around in her head, did she start young, did she start with suspense?
Sandra Brown: I started writing when I got fired from a job in television, but I soon realized it was work I had been preparing for all my life. I was a married woman with two children, but I started it as a career, not a hobby. My first foray into fiction writing was in romance novels. Cam2006@aol.com: HELLO, DARKNESS was so well researched, sometimes I felt like I was inside Valentino’s head. I read your acknowledgments at the end of the book. The police department, CIB, KSCS-FM, they gave you a great deal of help. Before becoming a Best Selling author would this info be harder to obtain. What I am asking is, is it harder for a new writer to obtain research info? Sandra Brown: HELLO, DARKNESS required me to research extensively, and thankfully the people whom I interviewed shared a great deal of expertise. The Austin Police Department was somewhat reluctant because of security reasons, but once they became familiar with my credentials, I was given access that proved to be invaluable.
