During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
Ideas aren’t magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
It’s possible to become so comfortable with one’s style and structure that one ceases to grow. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I’m dodging bullets and gasping for breath. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
If you write, one of the questions you’re always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer. Lynn Abbey Read Quote
