26 Quotes by George Stephen

When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.

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.

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.

I usually spend a month developing the idea into an outline. Two to three months to write the first draft. Another month or six weeks to revise.

As well, short stories are hard to write.

I've got a near complete horror novel at my desk, plus a number of short stories, plus preliminary outlines for two other novels.

In November of 1987, I decided that I had to make a serious run at becoming a professional fiction writer, or forget about it completely.

The downside is that you've outlined so thoroughly that the actual writing can be a bore, and that can come through in the writing.