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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.

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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Rims
Made
Crowded
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Dragons
Brilliant
Sky
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Sun
Gold
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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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Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
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How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?
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The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
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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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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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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway
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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 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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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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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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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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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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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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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 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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