“The hard part is putting one word after another.”

“There's no such thing as 'no market'. Some books are just niche orientated that's all.”

“In order to reach our goals we sometimes need a plan B. Other times we go all the way through to plan Z.”

“Writers leave a trail of magic everywhere they go.”

“A writer who can't follow submission guidelines is like a pilot without a plane... ain't gonna get very far!”

“Sometimes the only thing you need to change in order to be successful is your attitude.”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

“No one is treated with more patronizing condescension than the unpublished author or, in general, the would-be artist. At best he is commiserated. At worst mocked. He has presumed to rise above oth...”

“Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to land, where the notes are read and then possibly cherished, or else misint...”

“A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.”

“As a young man just beginning to publish some short fiction in the t&a magazines, I was fairly optimistic about my chances of getting published; I knew that I had some game, as the basketball playe...”