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I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

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There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

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That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

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It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 18th, 1948

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