In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you.

People who were more concerned with themselves and looking good to their readers then they were with the characters sacrificed a series for the sake of a story.

I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.

I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the point of the character, you are minimalizing the character.

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

When I submitted samples, I had only written stories to give myself something to draw. I was told, "The art is good, but not quite professional yet. But, I like the writing." I've been a writer for almost a half a century. It's very cool.

When someone writes to tell me something I've written made them laugh or cry, I've done my job and done it well. The rest is all semantics.