I Sold My Very First Novel When

I Got To Spend All Of My Time Every Day At Work Reading And Editing Papers About Cutting-edge Technical Research And Getting Paid For It. Then I'd Go Home At Night And Turn What I Learned Into Science Fiction Stories.

Of Course You Don't Make Any Noise In Space, Because There's No Air.

Over The Years, I've Trained Myself To Speak Using The Same Language I Would Use If I Were Typing: Meaning Using Full Sentences In The Way That Paragraphs And Scenes Are Arranged.

It Was Like There Was A Pile Of Kindling That Was In The Back Of My Imagination Just Waiting There. Once I Lit It, It Just Flared Up And I Kept Getting Ideas And Ideas.

My Total Year's Income From Working As Hard As I Possibly Could From Writing Went From Like $30 One Year To About $70 The Next Year. And It Made Me Realize That Maybe You Couldn't Really Pay The Rent That Way.