Author: Lynn Abbey

Quotes

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.

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

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

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

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

- Lynn Abbey

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

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

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

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

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