L-word: How far in advance do you plot your stories before starting to write them? How many have you planned so far?

TG: Well, I have another book idea that I’m kind of working on too, which is not part of the series but one that I can’t wait to do it’s more of a young adult story.

L-word: You do have other books that are not Rizzoli & Isles, like “Gravity” that you mentioned.

TG: Yeah, every so often I want to do something that’s not part of the series.

L-word: You also said in Q&A that you don’t want to make your characters too happy because when they are happy there’s nothing else to write about. How long do you think you can keep them like that?

TG: I don’t know. I have no idea because I just don’t plan things ahead of time. Maybe in two books the series is over because I can’t come up with any other stories or I finally got them happy.

L-word: Would you ever kill them?

TG: I don’t think I would do that because I think it would be really mean (laughing). No, I think that eventually maybe they just become happier and maybe I’ll just stop writing for a while and do something else.