I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERI play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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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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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Don’t try to write to the trend of the moment.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material.
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Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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