If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do. Fred Saberhagen determinationingredientluck Change image and share on social
The same tools that make any writer good, plus a cheerful willingness to suspend belief. Fred Saberhagen beliefcheerfulgood Change image and share on social
I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would want me to do the ones that sold like Stephen King's. But they seem to be willing to let me pick what I want to do next. Fred Saberhagen bookeditorguess share on social
Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun. Fred Saberhagen fearfunmystery Change image and share on social
I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been a problem. Fred Saberhagen afflictampleblock Change image and share on social
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
The Berserkers have been with me for about forty years, and we're not done yet. Fred Saberhagen berserkerfortyyear Change image and share on social
Only towards the end of this process are any of the chapters in fully readable condition, a state of affairs that used to alarm my wife. But Joan's got used to it. Fred Saberhagen affairalarmchapter 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 wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the time. Fred Saberhagen storytimetype Change image and share on social
