Dor Woke Again As Dawn Came. The

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.

I Never Do A Full Outline, And If I Did, I Would Not Feel Bound To It, Because The View From Inside A Scene Can Be Different From The View Outside It. But Neither Do I Just Start Writing And See What Happens; I Am Far More Disciplined Than That.

Polishing: A Useful Lesson For The Hopeful Writer. You Say Your Tormented Prose Doesn't Read As Well As Mine? Neither Does Mine, At First!

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.

I Have Always Admired The Work Of Phil Farmer And Was Glad For The Chance To Work With Him. Readers Today May Be Too Young To Remember His Classics Like The Lovers.