A Good Short-story Writer Has An Instinct

It's Possible To Become So Comfortable With One's Style And Structure That One Ceases To Grow.

When I Have An Idea, It Goes From Vague, Cloudy Notion To 100,000 Words In A Heartbeat.

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.

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.

It Took Me About 12 Years To Reach My Million-word Mark. The Challenge Now Is To Continue To Challenge Myself.