I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.

The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.

It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured.

Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.