Dor woke again as dawn came. The sun had somehow gotten around to the east, where the land was, and dried off so that it could shine again.

Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us.

Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty.

I never do a full outline, and if I did, I would not feel bound to it, because the view from inside a scene can be different from the view outside it. But neither do I just start writing and see what happens; I am far more disciplined than that.

The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all.

If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.

No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.