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My mom is an artist and my own fiction is deeply visual.
Jeff VanderMeer
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Jeff VanderMeer
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: July 7
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer
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I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it.
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I’ve got...ways of tricking my brain into getting what I need out of it
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Silence creates it's own violence.
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History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.
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My singing ability is zilch.
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When they give you things, ask yourself why. When you're grateful to them for giving you the things you should have anyway, ask yourself why.
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Trust your imagination. Don't be afraid to fail. Write. Revise. Revise. Revise.
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If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar.
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The stories in Get In Trouble confirm once again that Kelly Link is a modern virtuoso of the form-playful and subversive required reading for anyone who loves short fiction.
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My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned that the more I collaborate, like by having someone do a soundtrack to one of my books, the more I see my own work differently.
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