True confession time: I never know where a book is going. I get a gut feeling the story is there, then pursue it with the enthusiasm of a hunting tiger on a trail. If I knew where I was going, I’d get bored out of my mind and stop writing. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
Thirteen Orphans’ is the name of a specific limit hand. The same combination is also called ‘Thirteen Improbable.’ Once I’d decided I wanted to write a tale where mah-jong would be at the heart, I also knew I wanted to use limit hands. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
Words build a bridge between the imaginations of writer and reader, creating something unique between them. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
I’ve had over a dozen and a half novels published since late 1994 when my first novel, ‘Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls’ came out. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
My first five novels were written longhand. So were hosts of short stories. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
I started seriously applying myself to writing fiction immediately after I finished graduate school. By ‘seriously,’ I mean that, instead of noodling along on a story, finishing it or not as the mood struck me, I set out to complete what I started, to polish it to the best of my ability, and to send out the finished story. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
Readers are always surprised to learn that authors have little or no input regarding the cover art for their books. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
Sometimes I write less than I’d like but do research. Other times, editor’s notes or a copy-edited manuscript or page proofs for a forthcoming novel mean that I need to put my attentions elsewhere for a day or two, but I always come back to writing. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
I don’t need music to write, but sometimes I put music on. I don’t need special clothes or even my own equipment. Jane Lindskold Read Quote
