The Thing All Writers Do Best Is

We're All Nothing But Unified Arrangements Of Atoms And Particles, Drifting Around, Enjoying Consciousness Every Now And Then For A Second Or So Before Splitting Up To Become Bits And Pieces Of Trees And Stars And French Fries.

Dawn Was Written Well Before 9/11. People Speak A Lot Today About The Banality Of Evil, But Not All Evil Is Banal. Some Of It Is Carefully Structured And Well-thought-out. That's Where The Real Danger Lies.

I Usually Do One Con A Year As A Goh And Try To Make The World Fantasy Convention For Business Purposes. Last Year I Went To A Worldcon For The First Time In Two Decades. I May Go Again This Year.

How Much Research I Have To Do Depends On The Nature Of The Story. For Fantasy, None At All.

It Is Always Hard When Reality Intrudes On Belief.