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" A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted. "
George Stephen
Books
Accepted
After
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" I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week. "
George Stephen
Day
Working
Days
" I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home. "
George Stephen
Work
Wife
Home
" I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself. "
George Stephen
Time
Horror
Memorable
" The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing. "
George Stephen
First
Way
Started
" So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books. "
George Stephen
Two
Books
Effect
" The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks. "
George Stephen
Time
Story
Impossible
" Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch. "
George Stephen
Horror
Me
Seriously
" So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing. "
George Stephen
Novel
Started
Writing
" Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years. "
George Stephen
Over
Just
Period
" I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income. "
George Stephen
Family
Business
Past
" For each book, the time is also broken up. "
George Stephen
Time
Broken
Book
" On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance. "
George Stephen
Real
Dance
Horror
" During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job. "
George Stephen
Writing
Wife
Job
" For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story. "
George Stephen
Anything
Before
Selling
" Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. "
George Stephen
Stories
Horror
Finished
" In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels. "
George Stephen
Wrote
Year
First
" When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing. "
George Stephen
Writing
Impact
Got
" I've been reading horror since I was five years old. "
George Stephen
Horror
Years
Reading
" When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics. "
George Stephen
Writing
Thought
Reading