There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature.
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My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.Kevin J. Anderson
If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people.
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It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of my imagination just waiting there. Once I lit it, it just flared up and I kept getting ideas and ideas.
Kevin J. Anderson
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Sure, President Bush can say that the U.S. government won't fund stem cell research, but believe me, Japan is applauding. Because they will just do it first and get all the patents.
Kevin J. Anderson
You must develop your own work, become established as an author, before you would ever be asked to work in an established universe.
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Douglas MacArthur
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