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Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. - Stephen R. George
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So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books. - Stephen R. George
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When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics. - Stephen R. George
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I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week. - Stephen R. George
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For each book, the time is also broken up. - Stephen R. George
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On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance. - Stephen R. George
#Dance
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Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural. - Stephen R. George
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A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted. - Stephen R. George
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The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing. - Stephen R. George
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Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years. - Stephen R. George
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In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels. - Stephen R. George
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So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing. - Stephen R. George
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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. - Stephen R. George
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During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job. - Stephen R. George
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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. - Stephen R. George
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