So, the keynote here is that as writers, we should not repeat ourselves.

Repeat what?

I think the bottom line here is that we shouldn’t basically write the same thing over and over. I noticed that movies often take the view that if the first one is successful, they just switch a few things around, substitute the bad guy, and it’s business as usual.

This was prevalent with a couple of John Wayne westerns, Rio Bravo and El Dorado. It was much the same with Superman 1, 2 and 3, and the Spiderman movies.

The thing is, I’m almost guilty as charged with several of my books. The problem is to get out of your comfort zone and write something completely different.

I have a YA fantasy story in three volumes about an unlikely princess who saves the realm.

I am writing a Sci-Fi novel simply because I wanted to go into outer space. The only way I’ll ever get there is inside my imagination, and that being the case, it’s a riot.

I keep trying to write a romance novel; it has always fascinated me how Mills and Boon writers manage to fit them into 187 pages. I try, but brevity doesn’t seem to be my thing. At any rate, I get so far, and then it veers off into espionage.

I’m guessing I’m going to have to try harder not to veer off the path.