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Lynn Abbey
American Author
Born: Sep 18, 1948
About Editors Me Sense Time Writing
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
I'm dense when it comes to discouragement. Lynn Abbey
Discouragement Dense
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story. Lynn Abbey
Good Enough Background Writer Instinct Just Story Sketching Ground Specific
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down. Lynn Abbey
Long Holding Down Enough Tricky Magical Only Part Written Written Down Ideas Get Holding On
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. Lynn Abbey
Me Writing Than Short Short Story Story Much Novel Harder
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
Religions Magic How Least Were Cultures Centuries Worked Planet Theories Many Here
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
Time Language Breath Think Paragraph Prose Dodging Reads Were Bullets End Get English Second By The Time
That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me. Lynn Abbey
Faith Me Could Write Attempts Blinded Bedrock Discourage
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
Collection Neither Able Risk Small Writer Never Ideas Genre Known Editors Traditional Been Nor Sell Jumping Brand Want Which Fantasy Agent
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
Constrained Cast Writer Genre Get Any Being Story Fantasy Novel Published Imagine
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
Editing First Claim Writer Editor Command Very Maybe Them Successful Skills Requires Even Specific Second Fourth Third Set
Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet. Lynn Abbey
Whatever Unknown Willing Seek Open Feet Tide Read Editors Up Submissions Established Actively
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
Money Too Recommend Entry Wrong Go Decent Really Many Route Publishing Things
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
Love History Book Writing Research Corner Some About More Habit Support Up Than Curl Dusty
I'm always trolling for trivia. Lynn Abbey
Trivia Always
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
You Difficult Write Pointless Ideas Know Answer Always How Question Questions Get Trying Where Your
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
Balance Commitment Writing Made Sense Frankly More Reader Because Spot Dull Get Different Requires Novel Novelists Away Exquisite Two
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 Lot Dense Short Stories Short Stories Century Really Helium Novel Filled Novels
I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans. Lynn Abbey
Sets Books Write Written Also Lot Orphans

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