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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 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 do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom
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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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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway
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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
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How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?
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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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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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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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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 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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