It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself
It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.
I’ve read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium
I’ve read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.
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
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.
I write sets of books, but I’ve also written a lot of orphans
I write sets of books, but I’ve also written a lot of orphans.
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
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
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.
I’m dense when it comes to discouragement
I’m dense when it comes to discouragement.
I’m always trolling for trivia
I’m always trolling for trivia.
Once you’ve invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story’s grown to around a half-million words and can’t be written as anything less than a trilogy
Once you’ve invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story’s grown to around a half-million words and can’t be written as anything less than a trilogy.