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• Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!

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  Giving, Trying, Alleys

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• Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child.

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  Children, Broken, Suffering

  Piers Anthony (2002). “Centaur Aisle”, p.7, Del Rey

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• Bink knew the dolphin only from old pictures; it was a kind of magic fish that breathed air instead of water.

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  Air, Water, Magic

  Piers Anthony (2002). “A Spell for Chameleon (Original Edition)”, p.124, Del Rey

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• If the fiercest conglomerate monsters had souls, with all that implied, who could condemn them as evil?

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  Evil, Soul, Monsters

  Piers Anthony (2002). “A Spell for Chameleon (Original Edition)”, p.141, Del Rey

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• People talk-- they sneer at escapism. Well, there are those of us who need it.

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  People, Needs, Escapism

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• At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous plants, giant serpents, hostile centaurs, that sort of thing, purely routine --and I was beginning to get bored when at last the dusky towers of Castle Roogna hove into view.

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  Couple, Journey, Views

  Piers Anthony (1985). “Crewel lye: a caustic yarn”, Del Rey

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• When I started writing this, I found that I simply couldn't take fantasy seriously, so it became humorous, and continued from there.

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  Humorous, Writing, Fantasy

  Interview with Dag Rambraut, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it.

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  Sex, Believe, America

  Interview with Dag R., www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• Normally I work out a general summary of what I mean to do, then start writing, and the details can be different from my anticipation. So there is considerable flow, but always within channels.

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  Writing, Mean, Work Out

  Interview with Dag R., www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• Barbarian --A Code of Conduct honored by all true barbarian warriors, requiring excellent coordination with weapons, closeness to nature, awkwardness with women, common sense, and completion of the mission.

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  Warrior, Common Sense, Weapons

  Piers Anthony (2002). “Golem in the Gears”, p.288, Del Rey

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• Be what you are; it is better that way. --Dolph

  Piers Anthony

  Way

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• Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale.

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  Writing, Eight, Years

  Interview with Dag R., www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• ...the sweetest temptation could be that which was known to be the most foolish.

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  Temptation, Foolish, Sweetest

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• It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.

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  Writing, Would Be, Fiction

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• Have a working spouse, because you won't earn a living from writing - not at first, if ever. My wife worked for years to support us.

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  Writing, Years, Wife

  Interview with Dag R., www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• If every editor turns you down, maybe you should take a second look at your text, however, just in case.

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  Editors, Looks, Should

  Interview with Dag Rambraut, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• But I don't read or listen for pleasure. I have too much else to do.

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  Too Much, Pleasure

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• No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.

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  Character, Aspect, Novel

  Interview with Dag R., www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

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• At the time I wrote Xone I had never been on the Internet.

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  Internet

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• Princess Rose should indeed be a TV movie, assuming something doesn't go wrong. I don't know how good a movie it will be, because the way movie folk think is different from the way writers think, and I distrust what isn't done my way. This is what I call a healthy paranoia.

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  Princess, Thinking, Rose

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• Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it's fun.

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  Fun, Tape, Fiction

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• As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them.

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  Book, Editors, Collaboration

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• Robert Jordan... is a lot of writer

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  Jordan

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• I wish my readers took less of my time - about a third of my working time goes to them - but I love and need them all.

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  Wish, Needs, Reader

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• At present I answer about 100 letters a month, and read 300 emails.

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  Email, Answers, Letters

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