|
|
Lynn Abbey Quotes
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which Ive never been able to sell. Im known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, Im dodging bullets and gasping for breath. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
I write sets of books, but Ive also written a lot of orphans. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Im a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I dont claim to have all of them at my command. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Im always trolling for trivia. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Im dense when it comes to discouragement. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Im not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Im one of those writers who, when writing, believes shes god-and that she hasnt bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Ive read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Ideas arent magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
If you write, one of the questions youre always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Its been a long time since Ive written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; Im hoping its like riding a bicycle. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Its possible to become so comfortable with ones style and structure that one ceases to grow. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
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. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
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. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Once youve invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your storys grown to around a half-million words and cant be written as anything less than a trilogy. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
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. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
The money can be decent, but I really dont recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
When Im not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When Im not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, Im reading books about history, computers, or embroidery. - Lynn Abbey Quotes
Quotes Cloud
Background Centuries Cultures Editors Enough Feet From
Good Ground Have Here Instinct Just Least
Magic Many Open Planet Read Religions Seek
Specific Story Submissions That Their There They
This Tide Unknown Were Whatever Willing Writer
|
|
|
