I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.
From Lynn Abbey
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.
I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.
I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.
There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.
That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.
It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.
It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.
I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.
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