I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income.
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During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job.George Stephen
Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.
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On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance.
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So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.
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Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.
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When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.
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