Thankfully, I have a background as an actor, and you learn how to live in that world of not knowing what's going to happen next.
I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources.
An awful lot of thriller writers write women rather badly. So just doing it OK gets a lot of credit.

