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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

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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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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 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 have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage
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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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My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly the rest is subject to change without notice.
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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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That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.
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I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens
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I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!
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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 Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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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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The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
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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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How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can
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I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway
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I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write
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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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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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