63 Quotes by Sarah Zettel

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there’s a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.

Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it’s beginning to stretch its range as well.

Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that’s the hard work.

I’m mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.

I’m told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are lively.

We must be bold. Timidity will yield us nothing.

If I get blocked, it is generally because I don’t know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this is generally more research, or making more background notes, so the place and person can be more fully realized inside my own mind.

First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It’s also about politics.

When I’m not at the keyboard, I’m generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.