Lynn Abbey Quotes & Sayings

“I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.”

“Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.”

“When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.”

“It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.”

“A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.”

“There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.”

“It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.”

“My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.”

“If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.”

“No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.”