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Piers Anthony
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
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Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob
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I did not know at first that it would be a series I discovered after the first novel that I had more to say about it, so I did another. And another, and then the readers demanded yet more.
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Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer
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When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.
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I never do a full outline, and if I did, I would not feel bound to it, because the view from inside a scene can be different from the view outside it. But neither do I just start writing and see what happens I am far more disciplined than that.
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Is it foolish to care for non-existent folk?Then, leave me to my foolishness.
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I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com.
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In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it.
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Polishing: a useful lesson for the hopeful writer. You say your tormented prose doesn't read as well as mine? Neither does mine, at first!
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When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there.
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If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.
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Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child.
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People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.
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I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.
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Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women, common sense, and completion of the mission.
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...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.
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SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible.
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Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!
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She looked around. Oh, I've just got to hug somebody! You! And she hugged Puck, the little ghost horse. And you. She hugged Pook, and Peek, and even the nose of the moat monster. But not you, she decided, encountering the zombie.
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We are all creatures of our ancestry! There is no right and wrong, objectively.
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Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us.
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