What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.

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Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and...

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and...

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and...

We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and...

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you...

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you...

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

We forget that what matters begins with the imagination.

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take...

I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take...

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other...

I want you, as a reader, to experience what I experience, to let that other...

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.

I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural...

Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural...

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way...

Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way...

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual...

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual...

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them...

In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them...

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did...

Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did...

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in...

On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in...

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but...

I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but...

For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.

For a writer, its very attractive to stay in one world for a time.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books...

I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books...

Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.

Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.