Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way.
With the marketing pressures driving the book world today, it's much easier to get the author of a memoir on a television show than a serious novelist.
It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.
I got into an argument with my original publisher. They wanted me to do 'Kitty' and nothing else. I wanted to do lots of things, not just 'Kitty' books.
As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.
The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction - my final book never ends up looking like the synopsis.
I have no illusions concerning the precarious status of my tales and do not expect to become a serious competitor of my favorite weird authors.
Even the most complicated stories start with a very simple premise.
God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.