Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers. Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn't done too badly.
I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can't write a note.
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn't difficult at all. Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies. We're not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
I've been writing full-time since 1978.
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
I have a bad tendency to get rapidly bored with my own material, so rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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