The Swords were still interesting but by then a cast of characters had started to appear and go on from book to book, and other things about the world began to feel constricting. And there were other things I wanted to do, so I closed the series up and stopped it. Fred Saberhagen beginbookcast share on social
At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it. Fred Saberhagen chiefgoallive Change image and share on social
Actually ideas are everywhere. It's the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor. Fred Saberhagen coherentfindidea Change image and share on social
More immediately, I'm currently working on another Dracula in which there will be connections with ancient Egypt. That's about as far as I want to go in commenting on current work. Fred Saberhagen ancientcommentconnection Change image and share on social
My gut feeling is that paper and ink are going to be with us for a long time yet, and in substantial quantities, though certainly books are now going to be available in other forms. Fred Saberhagen bookfeltform Change image and share on social
And what we know, or think we know, about the universe of space and time is changing very quickly. Fred Saberhagen changequicklyspace Change image and share on social
I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published. Fred Saberhagen fictionlovepeople Change image and share on social
I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort. Fred Saberhagen daydecideeffort Change image and share on social
Probably all the books I've ever written have been efforts to define the boundaries of humanity. Fred Saberhagen bookboundarydefine Change image and share on social