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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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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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But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible
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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
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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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My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly the rest is subject to change without notice.
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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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Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes
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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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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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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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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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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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