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

Be what you are; it is better that way. --Dolph

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

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

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.