Goodreads asked Steven Burgauer:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Steven Burgauer To complete a book may take my upwards of two years. First, there is the general idea of what the book should be about. Then, developing the characters and basic storyline. Then, the typing of a very rough first draft. Then, multiple subsequent drafts and handing out rough copies to possible readers to help me find storyline holes, typographical or other errors. The two or three polishes. But once the book is published, getting a good review from a source I respect is such a happy moment. Here is an example from the highly regarded "Science Fiction Chronicle" -----

SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE:
Steven Burgauer writes old style science fiction in which heroes and villains are easily identified, the action is fast and furious, and the plot twists and turns uncontrollably. His newest is the story of a crack team of military specialists who discover that the brilliant but warped Cassandra Mubarak is planning to use advanced scientific devices to seize control of the world. To stop her, they must infiltrate her heavily guarded headquarters and rescue the fair maiden in distress. This is action adventure written straightforwardly and not meant to be heavily literary or provide pithy commentary on the state of humanity.

Don D'Ammassa
Science Fiction Chronicle
June 2001

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