I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre. — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
I'm 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 Copy Share Image
Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down. — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself. — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle. — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
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,… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
