There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book.

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I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There...

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There...

A good novel editor is invisible.

A good novel editor is invisible.

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it...

Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it...

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying...

I'd like to encourage people to please keep reading-and most importantly, to please keep trying...

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and...

I'd had no particular interest in the Southwest at all as a young girl, and...

Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know.

Robert Jordan, whether he's writing with passion or not, I don't know.

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my...

My book collection is primarily in America, since that's where I've lived most of my...

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

I was a great fan of Jim Henson.

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count...

I've only been living in England for the last 10 years, if you don't count...

I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.

I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.

The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was...

The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was...

Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need...

Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That's what you need...

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film.

I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in...

I divide my time between homes in Arizona and England, six months a year in...

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material....

I have a great respect for the academics who are working with the source material....

We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience...

We've always lived in dark times. There has always been a range of human experience...

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody...

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody...

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed...

Since fantasy isn't about technology, the accelleration has no impact at all. But it's changed...

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from...

What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from...