Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey (born September 18, 1948) is an American computer programmer and author. Read full biography of Lynn Abbey →
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.
There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.
I'm dense when it comes to discouragement.
It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.
When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
It's been a long time since I've written old-fashioned sword and sorcery; I'm hoping it's like riding a bicycle.
Once you've invested hundreds of hours in creating a coherent universe, your story's grown to around a half-million words and can't be... →
If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a... →
No one uses a ribbon typewriter any more, but your final draft is not the time to try to wring a few more sheets out of your inkjet cartridge.
I'm always trolling for trivia.
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm... →
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because... →
Marilyn Lorraine "Lynn" Abbey (born September 18, 1948) is an American computer programmer and author.