Lynn Abbey
Lynn Abbey
Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbeyis an American computer programmer and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth18 September 1948
CountryUnited States of America
creating stories half
Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be written as anything less than a trilogy.
passion historical trivia
One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.
unexpected applause compare
There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.
stories helium dense
I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.
commitment writing two
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.
literature decent publishing
The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.
writing thinking bullets
I think my prose reads as if English were my second language. By the time I get to the end of a paragraph, I'm dodging bullets and gasping for breath.
editors feet tides
Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.
discouragement dense
I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.
writing stories novel
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
book writing orphan
I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.
genre-is editors ideas
I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.
american-author hoping riding since time written
It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.
american-author goes notion
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.