Surely fiction is the most difficult kind of writing for any writer no? Not in the craft, but the difficulty to make money from it. The temptation to go to non-fiction must always be there, one could always churn out reality slop.
@MakeUSAVAT@atlanticesque Crime shot up while Nixon was president, was flat while he was alive, and then sharply dropped when he died.
Have we considered the possibility that Nixon was simply a magical totem who increased crime by his very presence?