Dueling expert syndrome

Something I have learned and want to pass on to budding novelists: Once you've done your research and written the book, don't ever, ever, go back for a second opinion. They won't agree. Put two experts and a room and get three opinions (actually about five and a lively ongoing debate in my case).

On the other hand, there is a certain black humour in saying "I just torched a house because it was the only way to make the firefighters happy."