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I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept

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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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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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What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
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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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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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I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage
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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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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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The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated
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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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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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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
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