Pretty good, not as interesting as the first book. In this one his style has seemed to firm up, not nearly as much variance as in the earlier volume. Also, the personal interstitials, the best part, for me, of the first book, become more of a "this is where I was in my, life this is what I was working on" kind of rote listing, as opposed to the earlier's, "this is where I got my inspiration from" or, "after failing in this I decided to try things this way" kind of narrative. And then his last entry "A Conflict of Heart" would probably come off as hackneyed and condescending if you took it independently and divorced it from the sort of person Martin is and the audience he thinks he's writing to.

The short stories, novellas, and screenplays, however, are constantly improving over his earlier work. While Martin is never really brilliant in his writing, he is very very good, and he obtains a sort of Michner of Fantasy sort of feel. Which is all anyone could really ever ask for.