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.

At the time I wrote Xone I had never been on the Internet.

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.

Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale.

Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness.

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.

For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be.