Eric Brown may refer to: (wikipedia)
Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and hours, weeks and weeks, of conscious thought - whereas short stories slip out painlessly in a few days.
Made it as a writer'? I'm still wondering if I've made it as a writer. I've made it as a published writer of the type of SF that I want to write and read, but I'm still waiting for that big breakthrough.
I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories.
You don't have to fight for your life anymore. You're starting a new one.
To me, it's all about opening all the doors and getting people to be not only prolific, but creative and having control of their music.
I think my fascination is less with genre figures than with writers in general.
Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing and seeing my work in print, I could do more than merely scrape a living. Okay, moaning over.
I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story.
When I woke up this morning, it took me awhile to realize I wasn't still on the roof. I just keep reliving it in my dreams.
I think that to a large extent the reality of instant messaging is AOL and ICQ.
