Writing Allows Me The Time To Travel

Growing Up, I Never Gave A Thought To Being A Writer. All I Ever Wanted To Be Was A Traveler And Explorer. Science-fiction Allowed Me To Go Places That Were Otherwise Inaccessible, Which Is Why I Started Reading It.

There's Certainly More New Sf Available Than When I Started Writing. That Means There's Also More Bad Sf Available. Whether There Is Also More Good Is A Matter For Future Historians Of The Field.

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.

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.

The Overwhelming Triumph Of The International Multimedia Conglomerate Has Resulted In Less Diversity Within The Field And Has Made It Much Harder For Newer Writers Not Only To Break In, But To Make Any Kind Of A Living While Doing So.