"I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more."

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"I did not know at first that it would be a series; I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more."

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"This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S."

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"If you wish to avoid seeing a fool you must first break your looking glass."

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"A lot of the advertisement is done by saying: first of all, have a complex about who you are."

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"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."

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"In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it."

Education

"When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there."

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"I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way."

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

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"Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale."

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"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."

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

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"But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do."

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