Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williams
Walter Jon Williamsis an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, a series of historical novels set during the age of sail, Privateers and Gentlemen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth15 October 1953
CountryUnited States of America
Walter Jon Williams quotes about
doors editors want
That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
editors trying agents
Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.
battle drawn influenced
The big battle at the end of DW isn't drawn from history, but it's influenced by history, certainly.
american-celebrity
I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
advertising
The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
sf
For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone.
decided freedom hard offered sf
It's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
reading technology favors
I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.
book writing long
How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
intelligent college people
I found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
choices irresistible compulsion
Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
tables littles
An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table.
writing elements want
Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
labels helping genre
Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.