Moving around is good for creativity: the next line of dialogue that you desperately need may well be waiting in the back of the refrigerator or half…

- Will Shetterly

It's always good to hear that people you like are happy.

- Will Shetterly

There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're throwing away.

- Will Shetterly

Unless you're writing for a humorous effect, elves or space aliens and all creatures who aren't human should at least be as strange as, oh, the Frenc…

- Will Shetterly

It is better to write a bad first draft than to write no first draft at all.

- Will Shetterly

In fantasy, impossible things exist. In science fiction, impossible things exist and can be understood by humans. In supernatural horror, impossible …

- Will Shetterly

The great thing about revision is that it's your opportunity to fake being brilliant.

- Will Shetterly

Politics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.

- Will Shetterly