Richard K. Morgan
Richard K. Morgan
Richard Morganis an English science fiction and fantasy author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
condense graphic maybe novel pages quite typical work
A typical twenty-page short story would work quite well as a graphic novel. A single graphic novel of maybe 120 pages would condense down into a short story quite nicely.
authors experience people seem
There's a lot of young authors out there, and people do seem to forget: in order to write well, you do need to have some experience.
either far
As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults.
comparable dialogue guess line piece required sign single time visual
I guess if I was made responsible for every single line of dialogue in a game and every single piece of textual visual detail, every sign or piece of graffiti, then yes, I think that would be comparable to the time and effort required to write a very long novel, indeed.
advantages certainly concern form hankering less particular sword time usual
I'd always had a hankering to write some old-school sword and sorcery. And there certainly are advantages to that particular form - for one thing, you're able to go all-out on the imaginative front, with a lot less concern for the usual unities of time and space and character.
libraries local visits
I remember visits to the local libraries and getting my own library cards as things of rite-of-passage significance.
authors good time
Good authors mature over time: it does take awhile.
came playing quite until
I came quite late to gaming: I didn't start playing until 2002.
attempts bad bit good guys modern morally myth mythology pervasive replace shake simply
The myth of Good Guys and Bad Guys is one of the most pervasive we own, and morally grey anti-heroes are simply one of modern fiction's attempts to shake off that mythology and replace it with something a bit more honest.
men hands names
If you don’t know the men at your back by name, don’t be surprised if they won’t follow you into battle. On the other hand, don’t be surprised if they will, either, because there are countless other factors you must take into account. Leadership is a slippery commodity, not easily manufactured or understood.
perfectly-normal understanding social-behavior
Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal.
children book littles
I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.