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How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can

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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
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Dragon
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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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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
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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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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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Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.
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At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book
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I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom
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