"You are indeed a local writer, and undoubtedly one of our more successful ones. You are not, however, a sf/fantasy writer that I've ever buttonholed for advice."

Ah. At first I thought your list was just SF writers, but then I read that it was a list of local writers that included SF writers. Hence my question.

"What are the one or two deathless pieces of advice that your mentors have passed on to you?"

Oddly enough, nothing comes to mind. I couldn't have possibly gotten this far adviceless, but I just can't think of anything.

I will ponder this more.

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