Words matter. These are the best Jane Lindskold Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Writing – not being a writer with interesting habits – gets priority.
I’ve had over a dozen and a half novels published since late 1994 when my first novel, ‘Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls’ came out.
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.
My first five novels were written longhand. So were hosts of short stories.
My feeling is that writing Fantasy should be harder – not easier – than writing any other kind of fiction.
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.
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.
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.
Copy editors are very important and too rarely praised.
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.
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.
The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read.
‘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.
I don’t need music to write, but sometimes I put music on. I don’t need special clothes or even my own equipment.
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.
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.’
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.
Words build a bridge between the imaginations of writer and reader, creating something unique between them.
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.
