I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on … - Lynn Abbey

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As I started to read nonfiction in the mid '70s, I discovered, holy cow, there was a lot of imaginative nonfiction. Not the kind where people use composite characters and invented quotes. I hate that kind of nonfiction. But imaginative in the sense that good writing and unexpected structure and vivid reporting could be combined with presenting facts.

Lynn Abbey

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.

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Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

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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.

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A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

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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.

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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.

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