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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.

Alan Dean Foster

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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
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
I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Celebrity Century Like People Really Rong
Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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Banal Banality Before Drawn Evil People Speak Today Write
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Dozen Early Half Least Morning Usually Newspaper Portion Read Web White
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.
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Amusement Base Book Cachalot Character Directly Every Known Someone
I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Bad Bore Material Own Rapidly Tendency
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
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
Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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Bit Crap Day Every Keep Little Look Result Write
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Better Chaos Freedom Just Light
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
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
Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Advantage Bestsellers Biggest Everything Except Fallen Generally Potential
I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Ful Long Since Time Write
Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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Before Consciousness Enjoy French-fries Piece Second Split Star Tree

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