You’ve just released a collection of short stories, written over the past three decades. Why now?
It’s refreshing to be able to do something different. It’s a lot of fun to be another person – be a bad person, be an incompetent person, a nerd or a geek or a historical figure. I found it really liberating, especially because I didn’t think anybody was reading them.
Reacher has never been a burden, but that is my living, my job. And to step outside of it was exciting.
How is the process different?
Writers hate to waste anything. So if you have an idea that’s not big enough