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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
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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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Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
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James Blish told me I had the worst case of said bookism (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to said, replied, asked, and answered and only when absolutely necessary.
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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 didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!
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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 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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Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day
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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 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'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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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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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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Living is struggling to do something impossible To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
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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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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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The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated
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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
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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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