http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/03/11/03/1349252.shtml?tid=188&tid=192&tid=97 There's a nice question and answer interview with Neil at /. today. During the course of the proceedings, Neil gets the following question and makes the following comment: 3) I know I should be asking about you and your work - by rgoer So I love every word I've read from your pen, but presently I'm in the middle of a dry spell--and the way I figure, if you're going to seek advice, seek advice from one you admire, right? So, are there any authors out there right now you can't get enough of? Anybody you're reading that you feel nobody should miss? Fiction, nonfiction, a decent biography you've read lately? Do you even have time to get a good read in with all the hustle and bustle of just being Neil Gaiman? Neil: "I don't get as much reading time as I want, and I miss it very much. But I still read. When you start writing fiction, you start reading less fiction. Not sure why this is, but it's true." Would you say this is true for the rest of you? Ironically, I find the opposite to be true for me. The more fiction I read, the more inspired I am by the simple flush of creative proximinity to do my own creating. Regards, johne (phy) cook wisconsin, usa personal blog: http://breezeway.blogspot.com aerie blog: http://aeriepress.blogspot.com/ stormfort list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stormfort/ "There are only three rules to writing a novel; unfortunately, no one knows what they are." --Somerset Maugham _________________________________________________________________ Never get a busy signal because you are always connected with high-speed Internet access. Click here to comparison-shop providers. https://broadband.msn.com