Jane Lindskold
Jane Lindskold
Jane M. Lindskold is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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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.
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The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read.
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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.
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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.'
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My feeling is that writing Fantasy should be harder - not easier - than writing any other kind of fiction.
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My first five novels were written longhand. So were hosts of short stories.
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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.'
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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.
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Words build a bridge between the imaginations of writer and reader, creating something unique between them.
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To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people.
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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.
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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.
Writing - not being a writer with interesting habits - gets priority.