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"Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can."
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"Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise."

"Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive."

"Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need to be an artist or storyteller."

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"A bitter critic is the sweetest corrector."
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"That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door."


"I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again."


"The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself."


"Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part."


"Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one."


"Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that."
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