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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.

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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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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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 have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage
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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 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 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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I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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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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Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.
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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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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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Living is struggling to do something impossible To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
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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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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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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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Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day
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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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I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway
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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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