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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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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 blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
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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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Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day
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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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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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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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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 didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway
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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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Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
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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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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 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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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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My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly the rest is subject to change without notice.
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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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