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" 'Legends Walking' was the first of my books to go to a second printing based on strong initial orders, but much of that printing never found its audience. "
Jane Lindskold
Legends
Strong
Audience
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" I've never met any artist who illustrated one of my books, although I've corresponded briefly with one. I have always been impressed by the technical expertise involved in the covers, even if sometimes puzzled by the subject matter. "
Jane Lindskold
Sometimes
Always
Artist
" Sometimes I write less than I'd like but do research. Other times, editor's notes or a copy-edited manuscript or page proofs for a forthcoming novel mean that I need to put my attentions elsewhere for a day or two, but I always come back to writing. "
Jane Lindskold
Need
Page
Day
" I realize that, to many readers, Hard Fantasy may seem to be a contradiction in terms. Fantasy, according to most generally recognized definitions, differs from both 'real world' fiction and 'science fiction' in that magic or magical creatures are active elements. "
Jane Lindskold
Realize
World
Science
" Diana Wynne Jones' excellent book 'The Tough Guide to Fantasyland' is a compendium of the sort of lazy writing that has given fantasy fiction - especially the sub-section that features elves and dwarves and other Tolkienesque elements - a bad name. "
Jane Lindskold
Writing
Name
Lazy
" One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as 'The Author.' "
Jane Lindskold
Professional
Help
Time
" True confession time: I never know where a book is going. I get a gut feeling the story is there, then pursue it with the enthusiasm of a hunting tiger on a trail. If I knew where I was going, I'd get bored out of my mind and stop writing. "
Jane Lindskold
Mind
Story
Writing
" When a writer is already stretching the bounds of reality by writing within a science fiction or fantasy setting, that writer must realize that excessive coincidence makes the fictional reality the writer is creating less 'real.' "
Jane Lindskold
Writing
Reality
Science
" The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read. "
Jane Lindskold
Only
Air
Time
" My first five novels were written longhand. So were hosts of short stories. "
Jane Lindskold
Short
Hosts
Were
" In any story, drama may be intensified by the characters realizing by how narrow a margin they had managed to succeed - that is, where coincidence played a role. This is one of the more realistic ways to use coincidence because rarely do we realize how important a coincidental event is until after the fact. "
Jane Lindskold
Important
Drama
More
" I think of myself as a storyteller. "
Jane Lindskold
Storyteller
Myself
Think
" Copy editors are very important and too rarely praised. "
Jane Lindskold
Editors
Important
Copy
" My feeling is that writing Fantasy should be harder - not easier - than writing any other kind of fiction. "
Jane Lindskold
Fantasy
Writing
Other
" The futuristic city on 'Legends Walking's cover rejects any connection with the contemporary setting of 'Changer.' It was as if every effort was made to keep readers of 'Changer' from finding this stand-alone sequel. "
Jane Lindskold
Legends
Walking
City
" I don't need music to write, but sometimes I put music on. I don't need special clothes or even my own equipment. "
Jane Lindskold
Clothes
Special
Music
" Even after the text is written, there are a tremendous number of stages along the way to the finished book. If a publisher cares about the finished product, none of them will be omitted. "
Jane Lindskold
Number
Book
Will
" I started seriously applying myself to writing fiction immediately after I finished graduate school. By 'seriously,' I mean that, instead of noodling along on a story, finishing it or not as the mood struck me, I set out to complete what I started, to polish it to the best of my ability, and to send out the finished story. "
Jane Lindskold
Me
Best
Writing
" A common complaint about stories that include excessive coincidence is that the story is 'unrealistic.' "
Jane Lindskold
Story
Stories
Coincidence
" Coincidence is a recognized element in 'real life.' All of us have anecdotes about those times when, by the merest coincidence, we avoided some disaster or stumbled onto some wonderful experience. "
Jane Lindskold
Experience
Life
Real Life
" There are other types of public appearances a writer does in addition to book signings and readings. Each calls for different skills. None of these skills, needless to say, are those that go into writing books. "
Jane Lindskold
Say
Writing
Go
" To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people. "
Jane Lindskold
Need
Yourself
People
" The sad thing is that, for many writers of fantasy fiction, the inclusion of magic seems to mean that logical ramifications and real-world laws both go out the window. "
Jane Lindskold
Inclusion
Window
Sad
" When I was finishing grad school, the hot new PC was the IBM 286. Bulky. Immobile. Expensive. I touched-typed easily and quickly, but nevertheless, I realized that the machine was a chain. "
Jane Lindskold
Finishing
Hot
School
" Readers are always surprised to learn that authors have little or no input regarding the cover art for their books. "
Jane Lindskold
Input
Learn
Books