Occupation: Author Birth: August 6, 1934
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 Xan….
I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at….
Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him i….
I turned my home state of Florida into the Land of Xanth..
We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively..
She looked around. "Oh, I've just got to hug somebody! You!" And she hugged Puck, the little ghost horse. "And you." She hugged Pook, and Peek, and e….
Never thought I'd see the day when Death was denied. That leaves taxes as the only certainty..
The biggest fool is the one who thinks he knows it all..
Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness..
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 co….
People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it..
I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics l….
When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there..
A horse is wonderful by definition..
Be what you are; it is better that way. --Dolph.
One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at….
Here's a secret: fictive text doesn't necessarily flow easily. Most of the time it's more like cutting a highway through a mountain. You just have to….
Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because the way movie folk ….
Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn't read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first!.
But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do..
SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible..