Ask the Author: Steve Bates
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Steve Bates
Take a walk. Eat some yogurt. Meditate. And consume caffeine. The caffeine works best.
Steve Bates
You don't have to work for a living.
Steve Bates
Try different styles and see what works for you. Take criticism constructively. Find people you know who will give you feedback.
Steve Bates
After writing a humorous science fiction book, "Back to You", I am writing a serious novel about an imperiled colony on a distant planet.
Steve Bates
I started writing as a kid, though nothing coherent or marketable. Only as I was winding down a career in nonfiction did I submit to the urge to write fiction. I was inspired by many, many authors, notably Philip K. Dick.
Steve Bates
It was probably something that woke me up at 3 a.m. and said "here's another idea".
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