Everything Starts As Somebody's Daydream.

Any Damn Fool Can Predict The Past.

But... Watching Steven Barnes Taught Me To Treat My Life Like An Art Form.

The Reader Has Certain Rights. He Bought Your Story. Think Of This As An Implicit Contract. He's Entitled To Be Entertained, Instructed, Amused; Maybe All Three. If He Quits In The Middle, Or Puts The Book Down Feeling His Time Has Been Wasted, You're In Violation.

Love Was A Delicious Blend Of Warm And Cold. There Was Comfort In Making Love. It Solved No Problems: But One Could Run Away From Problems.

The Brightest Minds In Our Field Have Been Trying To Find A Definition Of Science Fiction For These Past Seventy Years. The Short Answer Is, Science Fiction Stories Are Given As Possible, Not Necessarily Here And Now, But Somewhere, Sometime.