Doubts About the True Nature of Magic

Usually in fantasy magic is great at killing people, but if you go to a magic show, the guy cuts and stabs people left and right and doesn't kill any of them. I'm starting to think magic isn't worth much in a fight just like those Empire of the East books told me.

Writing Style Analysis

Average instances of the word "arras" per page:
Most writers - 0
Fred Saberhagen - 38

Born Tragedy

Imagine being born with a last name like Saberhagen and consequently being unable to give one of your characters Saberhagen as a cool name because people will think you're inserting yourself.

When to Use a Pen Name

If you're Fred Saberhagen and you're not writing about swords, you should call yourself Fred Spacestationhagen.

Addendum

Science fiction too. I want to see some D-list actors standing around in ill-fitting uniforms talking about how a new berserker has appeared between on-rails space shooting sequences. I want Ringworld where the tiger guy looks like the Wing Commander III Kilrathi, except much worse.