{"id":60946,"date":"2013-10-03T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T21:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=60946"},"modified":"2013-10-03T18:32:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T22:32:50","slug":"ghostwriting-tom-clancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/03\/ghostwriting-tom-clancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghostwriting Tom Clancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tom-Clancy-Ghostwriting-Paris-Review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tom-Clancy-Ghostwriting-Paris-Review.jpg\" alt=\"Tom-Clancy-Ghostwriting-Paris-Review\" width=\"600\" height=\"423\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tom-Clancy-Ghostwriting-Paris-Review.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tom-Clancy-Ghostwriting-Paris-Review-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to be more disciplined than ever about my work schedule; after the first book was turned in, I would have approximately ten months to plot, research, and write each novel. The deadline left no wiggle room&mdash;my publisher had pre-sold the books to retailers as holiday releases. Nor was there room for error when it came to the factual details of technology, ballistics, and geography. When I wrote <em>Bio-Strike<\/em>, for instance, I consulted with polymer engineers and geneticists to design a newfangled biological weapon that that would be scientifically feasible. And then there was the more routine stuff of which action thrillers are made. How does a human body react when hit with a bullet of a particular caliber, at a given distance, striking at a particular angle? I had to find out&mdash;call a cop, a forensic pathologist, or a trauma room doctor. Winging it wasn&#8217;t an option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more from Jerome Preisler, who cowrote eight novels with Tom Clancy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookish.com\/articles\/tom-clancy-tribute-a-co-author-reveals-the-guts-of-the-masters-books\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI had to be more disciplined than ever about my work schedule; after the first book was turned in, I would have approximately ten months to plot, research, and write each novel. The deadline left no wiggle room&mdash;my publisher had pre-sold the books to retailers as holiday releases. 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