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"Show your infectious smile and infect everyone with joy."

"Motivation revives the soul."
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"I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published."

"The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong."

"I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command."

"My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history."

"When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery."

"Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment."

"It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle."

"Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured."
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