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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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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
Perverse
Noblest
Courageous
Horse
Certainly
Domesticated
Animal
Infuriating
Ever
Proudest
Humans
Bravest

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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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The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
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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 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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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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I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!
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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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Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes
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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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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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James Blish told me I had the worst case of said bookism (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to said, replied, asked, and answered and only when absolutely necessary.
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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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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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How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can
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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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