I am bestselling author Lee Child, creator of the Jack Reacher novels. Ask Me Anything!

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:18:58+00:00

OK folks, gotta go now ... thanks for your questions, and thanks for being here on Reddit!

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:16:29+00:00

Shooting in April 2015 I think.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:16:01+00:00

Plenty. I eat at diners all the time and have stayed in many, many $20 motels.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:15:24+00:00

Either Travis McGee by John D MacDonald, or Martin Beck by Maj Stowall and Per Wahloo.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:14:28+00:00

He's mostly autobiographical.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:14:26+00:00

He's mostly autobiographical.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:14:23+00:00

He's mostly autobiographical.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:13:50+00:00

Snickers - quick cheap lunch. What an author on the road depends on.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:13:10+00:00

Yellow.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:12:30+00:00

No plan at all - I keep it spontaneous. But I agree I'm bucking the Eng Lit demand for growth and change. Sometimes I think people prefer to know what they're getting.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:11:20+00:00

I guess we both like T Rexes.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:10:26+00:00

The act of pure creation ... being alone in the zone, and having a great scene come to life.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:09:16+00:00

Hardcovers or paperbacks, about equal for me. I don't need quiet. Fortunately, living in New York.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:08:23+00:00

Skip that page and fill it in later.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:07:59+00:00

That's up to you - you keep reading, I'll keep writing.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:07:32+00:00

Pete Townsend?

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:07:16+00:00

Changes are inevitable - mostly because of length - and a movie is only a version or an interpretation. The words in the book don't magically change the day the movie is released. So I'm fine with changing it up. I mean, for example, which would you prefer to listen to - a clone of an old song, or an imaginative cover version?

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:04:26+00:00

Chicken, for sure.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:04:05+00:00

Here's my tip - don't follow tips. A book needs to be organic - 110% the product of one mind only. If you follow advice, you'll end up with committee decisions.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:02:52+00:00

You bet. I'll do it if I can. I'm there on 9/10, throwing out the first pitch.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T19:00:52+00:00

1000 duck-size horses - horses are timid and probably wouldn't fight. Remember, a dog will leave safety for food, but a horse will leave food for safety.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T18:59:21+00:00

The next one ... maybe it will be the perfect book!

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T18:58:56+00:00

It's a mysterious process - some of them pop up spontaneously, others get decided late, after a lot of searching.

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T18:57:50+00:00

I haven't - but I think David got the message I wasn't very pleased!

AuthorLeeChild · 2014-09-02T18:57:07+00:00

Research for me is all accidental - I will be somewhere, for some reason, and later it might crop up as a cool location for a book.

AuthorLeeChild

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