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Lynn Abbey quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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 quotes: For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.

Lynn Abbey quotes: The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.

The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.

Lynn Abbey quotes: It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.

It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.

Lynn Abbey quotes: It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.

It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.

Lynn Abbey quotes: Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

Lynn Abbey quotes: 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.

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 quotes: That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

Lynn Abbey quotes: It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.

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 quotes: I'm always trolling for trivia.

I'm always trolling for trivia.

Lynn Abbey quotes: One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.

One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.

Lynn Abbey quotes: I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published.

I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published.

Lynn Abbey quotes: I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.

Lynn Abbey quotes: There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

Lynn Abbey quotes: A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

Lynn Abbey quotes: When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.

When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.

Lynn Abbey quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.

I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.