It's a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.
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I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.Evan Hunter
I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?
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I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online.
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Evan Hunter doesn't know how to write mystery novels. Ed McBain does. Do I sound schizophrenic Do I detect a bit of dual personality here
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I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.
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