"I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would want me to do the ones that sold like Stephen King's. But they seem to be willing to let me pick what I want to do next."

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"I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would want me to do the ones that sold like Stephen King's. But they seem to be willing to let me pick what I want to do next."

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"At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it."

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"I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published."

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