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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

Anne McCaffrey

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
Mathematics
Problems
Science
Unsolvable
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Wails
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Engineering
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To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.
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That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there.
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People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?
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Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first!
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Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.
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I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start
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Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
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Living is struggling to do something impossible To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
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Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth
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But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible
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Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.
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I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.
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The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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