- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
- Illuminate
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
- Meet
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- Nov 07, 2020
Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.
- Paperback
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly.
- Hardest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was pretty much grown-up by the time I attended school in Britain - or as grown-up as I'll ever get.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
I now have to find a reason to write, every single day.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
- Powerful
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- Nov 07, 2020
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020