Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGiven all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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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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I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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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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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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Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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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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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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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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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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