I don't write for publishers, certainly not for critics, and not for readers, But I am delighted that so many people have found my books enjoyable and want to continue to read them.

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From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if...

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if...

I'm just writing a story that I want to read.

I'm just writing a story that I want to read.

I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since...

I have been a reader of Science Fiction and Fantasy for a long time, since...

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for...

The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for...

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back...

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back...

I really fell in love with Africa.

I really fell in love with Africa.

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that...

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that...

Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.

Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small...

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small...

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and...

I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and...

It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and...

It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and...

I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really...

I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really...

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them...

I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them...

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than...

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than...

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move...

I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move...

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

No, my publisher has always done the marketing.

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets,...

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets,...

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they...

I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they...