Why science fiction and fantasy? Why not westerns or war stories or mysteries?
SF/Fantasy is what I enjoyed most, but even a glance at what I’ve written will tell you I also write war fiction and detective fiction. All of it together, sometimes. There’s even an espionage element and some western stuff in A Matter of Time. I’ve talked to writers who start with a character, a story line, a scene, or just an image. How do your stories start? I don’t mean where do ideas come from — any writer is wading hip-deep in ideas, but what’s the kernel? The question doesn’t have an answer I can articulate. There are stories I need to tell. The series has become almost an assumption in fantasy, and you have done several. Do you have specific reasons to work in series? I work in series because I can’t tell a story in one book, usually. There’s always more to tell. A series allows you to tell a larger story, certainly. I enjoy world building. I invested mega hours in developing the world of the Dread Empire. Of course, I had the intention of doing a huge series with that, from t
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