Rose was on her way as a novelist. The Memorist, her tenth novel, has just released. But that doesn't mean the writing comes any easier. "It seems every time I start a book I'm starting all over again, learning all over again. And I'm still scared. About all of the same things except here it's the reincarnation aspects of the book not sexuality that makes me nervous."

The Memorist takes place in the present and two past eras. As a child, Meer Logan was haunted by memories of another time and place always accompanied by the faint strains of elusive music. Her past has reached out again in the form of a strange letter that sets her on a search to unlock the mystery of who she once was. With the help of her father - a Kabbalist, known as the Jewish Indiana Jones - Meer attempts to learn the meaning behind her hauntingly vivid memories. What they discover could reveal a frighteningly powerful secret hidden for generations by one of the greatest composers of all time.

"With each step she comes closer to remembering the connections between a clandestine reincarnationist society," says Rose. "A lost flute linked to Ludwig van Beethoven and David Yalom, a journalist who understands all too well how the past affects the future and who plans to force the word to understand - thorough a single violent act - that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Rose comes up with her twisting plots this way. "I write five or six days a week. I make a huge effort to not work all seven days - which is all to easy for me to do. I spend one hour thinking about the book in the morning - walking or swimming - planning what I am going to write that day. Where the book is going. Then I write from four to five hours writing during the first draft process. 12 PM-2PM and then 3PM-6PM. Give or take. In between I take a walk, go get coffee, or talk on the phone.  After the first draft (and I usually have three to four drafts) I usually work more than that - from 6-9 hours."

But fiction is not the only thing Rose is known for. Among writers, she's considered an expert in the often frustrating art of marketing a book. On that score, her advice is simple.

"Get the best agent you can, learn as much as you can about the industry, the process and the ways you can be your publisher's partner, invest in your own book and be proactive but remember that you can't go the distance without a publisher backing you  - so don't drive yourself crazy over anything but the writing."

Contributing editor James Scott Bell is the author of Try Darkness (Hachette/Center Street) and Write Great Fiction: Plot & Structure (Writers Digest Books)