During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with… — George Stephen Copy Share
On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that… — George Stephen Copy Share
The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first… — George Stephen Copy Share
A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted. — George Stephen Copy Share
Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch. — George Stephen Copy Share
Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. — George Stephen Copy Share
For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story. — George Stephen Copy Share
I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week. — George Stephen Copy Share
When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing. — George Stephen Copy Share
