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Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.

Stephen R. George

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

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For each book, the time is also broken up.

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I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.

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The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.

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So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

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A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.

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Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.

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In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels.

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Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.

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I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself.

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I've been reading horror since I was five years old.

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Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.

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When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.

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I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income.

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I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.

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The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks.

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For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.

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