She Said/ He Said.

Hazel Edwards once said to me "Write to your audience."
(She write many for children and 'Young Adults" (which
use to be teens.))

Garry Disher once said to me, "You'll never make any money
from writing, a J. K. Rowling only happens once in a life
time." (I wonder what Stephine Meyer thinks of that?)

Catherine Bateson once said to me "Write from experience."
(So where do Sci-Fic and Sci Fantasy get their ideas?).

John Marsden once said to me, "I use to write the first
chapter and then edit it to death. My study is littered
with piles of one chapter stories. I use to think that
writing a story was like building a house, one layer of
bricks at a time. Every layer checked to make sure it was
level. But one night I woke up with a great story in my
head I grabbed some paper and begun writing and did not
stop until the whole story was written. Then I edited.
It was the first time I had ever finished a story. That
is now how I write all my stories. You have to find what
works for you."

Karen Slaughter once said to me "If you want to be a writer,
read, read and read some more."

Alexander McCall-Smith once said to me, "If you want to be
a writer, write."