Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us..

What I like least is dealing with publishers who simply don't want collaborations regardless of their merit..

SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible..

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….

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….

I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy writers have had trouble ….

Bink knew the dolphin only from old pictures; it was a kind of magic fish that breathed air instead of water..

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

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….

Be what you are; it is better that way. --Dolph.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements..

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 makin….

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

At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpe….

Every person professes to love good and hate evil, but in his actions his real preferences emerges..

...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish..

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and ….

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