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Everything works out in the end. if it hasn't worked out yet, then it's not the end. ↗

— Tracy McMillan

#love

You would have to say his number one accomplishment has been to inspire a sense of confidence in the country. That confidence, that optimism, not only gives President Obama a political cushion, but it could have a real world economic impact. ↗

— George Stephanopoulos

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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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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

#computer #during #felt #first #guilty

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

— George Stephen

#bunch #contemporary #disparate #even #horror

Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. ↗

— George Stephen

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On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance. ↗

— George Stephen

#cemetery #dance #dependent #despite #fact

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks. ↗

— George Stephen

#already #because #before #benefit #blocks

When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing. ↗

— George Stephen

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