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I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well

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
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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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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
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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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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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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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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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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 think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale
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I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel
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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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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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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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Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
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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'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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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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My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly the rest is subject to change without notice.
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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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