I have some good stories yet to tell.

I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published.

Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor.

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun.

More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with ancient Egypt. That's about as far as I want to go in commenting on current work.

The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep sending things out, not to friends and relatives, but to people who have the power to buy. A lot of additional, useful tips could be added, but this is fundamental.

I have some good stories yet to tell.