- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Butler
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- Nov 07, 2020
Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality and proper use of natural resources that were radically different from ours, as the Europeans were from the American Indians.
- Lord
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is.
- Fantasy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend the rest of the story digging out from under that piano. How they dig, how long and how well, this all depends entirely on the character.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.
- California
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- Nov 07, 2020
I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say.
- Fantasy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020