Lynn Abbey
Lynn Abbey
Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbeyis an American computer programmer and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 September 1948
CountryUnited States of America
stories helium dense
I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.
creating stories half
Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy.
writing stories novel
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
fantasy-novels stories imagine
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.
intuition stories story-writers
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
american-author goes notion
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.
american-author hoping riding since time written
It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.
unexpected applause compare
There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.
writing thinking bullets
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.
literature decent publishing
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.
discouragement dense
I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.
commitment writing two
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.
passion historical trivia
One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.
book writing support
My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.