I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published.
From Lynn Abbey
I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.
No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.
Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.
The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.
One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.
My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.
I'm always trolling for trivia.
If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.
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