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

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.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.

I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all.

SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible.

Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my anticipation. So there is considerable flow, but always within channels.