Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!

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.

Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn't read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first!

Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer

I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com.

People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.

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