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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
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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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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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How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can
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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?
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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 have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens
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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
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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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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 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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Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes
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