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 Read Quote
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 anything less than a trilogy. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
I’ve read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
I’m a writer first and an editor second… or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don’t claim to have all of them at my command. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
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 Read Quote
It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
