George Stephen Quotes

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• Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.
• So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.
• I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.
• A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.
• So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
• Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.
• In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels.
• 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…
• For each book, the time is also broken up.
• The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.
• When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what…
• When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.
• Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.
• For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.
• I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.
• I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard…
• I've been reading horror since I was five years old.
• I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where…
• Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.
• 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 there's…

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