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

Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child.

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.

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it's fun.

When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.

What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit.