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One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.

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Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

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When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.

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A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

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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.

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It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 18th, 1948

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