Walter Jon Williams — American Writer born on October 15, 1953,

Walter Jon Williams is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Previously he wrote nautical adventure fiction under the name Jon Williams, a series of historical novels set during the age of sail, Privateers and Gentlemen... (wikipedia)

I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings.
If you can find collaborators whose strengths compliment your own, the result can be more than the sum of its authors.
How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
Now I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.
I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.