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In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

Alan Dean Foster

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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Advantage Bestsellers Biggest Everything Except Fallen Generally Potential
Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Moment Trend Try Write
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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Business Convention Fantasy Make Purpose Usually World Year
Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Carefully Danger Real Some Structure Thought Well
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Decade Last Went Worldcon Year
Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Art Culture Difference Wide Politics Travel
An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Apex Emptiness Surround
The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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Conglomerate Diversity Feel International Made Multimedia Overwhelming Triumph
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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All Depend Fantasy Nature None Research Story
Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Beings Children Elaborate Even Fabricate Human
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Being Explorer Grow Traveler Want Writer
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Allow Always Time Travel Want World Write
If you’re crazy, there’s two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.
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Another Better Crazy Cure Feel Make One Thing Yourself
We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Around Arrangement Atom Drift Enjoy Nothing Particle Unfile
When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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Concentration Connect Level Personal Special Effect
In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Insanity Lay

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