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I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
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Science Fiction Writer
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Chicago
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Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
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If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
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It's hard being a rock they have such a strange sense of time - and priorities.
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