Each Book Will Have A Lot Of

I'm Talking To You And It's Basically A Direct Communication, Whereas If I'm Writing A Letter To You And You Read The Letter, There Are Like 12 Extra Deconstruction And Reconstruction Steps In The Communication.

I Always Had This Non-stop Drive. I Had To Keep Sending Stories Out And Every Once In Awhile I'd Get Something Accepted Or Get The Little Trickle Of Positive Feedback.

My Dad Is A Bank President And My Mom Was An Accountant And They Didn't Think That Seeking The Life Of A Freelance Writer Was Very Practical, You See. Of Course, I Was Just As Determined To Do It.

If I Could Go Back In Time And Tell My Younger Self That Eventually That I'd Become Very Successful Writing Dune Books After Frank Herbert's Death, I Would Have Laughed Myself Silly, I Think, At How Strange That Prospect Would Be.

I Think Now I'm Up To Something Like 85 Different Titles That I've Published.