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Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more…
Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work…
Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.
Right up till the 1980s, SF envisioned giant mainframe computers that ran everything remotely, that ingested huge amounts of information and regurgitated…
The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community - by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for…
I can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe…
I want a platform that, like a book or a magazine, I can carry into the bath or leave at the beach.
I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction,…
Some of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I…
When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.
Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer…

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