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George Stephen

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When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics.


— George Stephen


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A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.


— George Stephen


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Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.


— George Stephen


#just #novels #over #period #were

During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job.


— George Stephen


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Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.


— George Stephen


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For each book, the time is also broken up.


— George Stephen


#book #broken #each #time #up

For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.


— George Stephen


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I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.


— George Stephen


#computer #down #got #home #i

I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.


— George Stephen


#days #draft #first #five #hours

I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself.


— George Stephen


#fan #fiction #hard #hard time #horror






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George Stephen may refer to:
George A. Stephen American inventor entrepreneur and the founder of Weber-Stephen Products Co.

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