46 Quotes by Jane Lindskold

'Legends Walking' was the first of my books to go to a second printing based on strong initial orders, but much of that printing never found its audience.

My feeling is that writing Fantasy should be harder - not easier - than writing any other kind of fiction.

My first five novels were written longhand. So were hosts of short stories.

One of the ironies of being a professional writer is that, if you are even moderately successful, the very traits that let you succeed as a writer are not much help when the time comes to head out as 'The Author.'

True confession time: I never know where a book is going. I get a gut feeling the story is there, then pursue it with the enthusiasm of a hunting tiger on a trail. If I knew where I was going, I'd get bored out of my mind and stop writing.

To be a writer, you need to like spending a lot of time by yourself in the company of imaginary people.

There are other types of public appearances a writer does in addition to book signings and readings. Each calls for different skills. None of these skills, needless to say, are those that go into writing books.

Writing - not being a writer with interesting habits - gets priority.

When I was finishing grad school, the hot new PC was the IBM 286. Bulky. Immobile. Expensive. I touched-typed easily and quickly, but nevertheless, I realized that the machine was a chain.