Lynn Abbey

“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.”

“I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.”

“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.”

“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 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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.”