You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
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What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way.Octavia Butler
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Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.
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No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly.
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