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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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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
Changed
Since
Cadence
Possible
Fullness
Words
Irish
Living
Ireland
Use
Sentence
Many
Sentences
Love
Speech

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I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
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The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it.
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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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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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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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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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