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I think a lot of times our culture has an attitude toward art and the production of art that separates artists from the rest of us, like making art or music or painting or whatever is some magical thing that you have to be inspired to do, and special people do it.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Art Artists Attitude Culture Inspired Like Lot Magical Making Music Our Painting People Production Rest Separates Some Special Thing Think Times Toward Us Whatever You I Think

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It's a common part of the narrative of the history of Christianity that it was 'real' religion that involved real spirituality and real faith, and that's why it's completely superseded the more pagan polytheistic practices.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Christianity Common Faith History Involved More Narrative Pagan Part Practices Real Religion Spirituality The History Of Why

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'Ancillary Sword' picked up the Locus and the BSFA, which surprised the heck out of me.

~Ann Leckie

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I'm one of those people who always wanted to be a writer, so I have a fair amount of juvenilia, though fortunately, I was too old for my juvenilia to be on the Internet.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Always Amount Fair Fair Amount Fortunately Internet Old People Those Though Too Wanted Who Writer

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Fortunately or unfortunately, NaNoWriMo requires you to write at a breakneck pace, so I got used to just pushing on through.

~Ann Leckie

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I love science fiction, and one of the things I love about it is that it's so very different. You can read stuff that's just fast-paced adventure, and the characters are cardboard, but who cares, because they're heroes, and we love it. And you can read stuff that's really deep character, and everything in between.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About Adventure Because Between Cardboard Cares Character Characters Deep Different Everything Fast-Paced Fiction Heroes Just Love One Of The Things Read Really Science Science Fiction Stuff Things Very Who Who Cares You I Love

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I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Been Before Fiction First Had Made Sale Short Think Writing I Think

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I don't think anybody submits their first story and sells right away.

~Ann Leckie

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Writing was something I always as a kid thought would be fabulous and glamorous to be a writer.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Always Fabulous Glamorous Kid Something Thought Would Writer Writing

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Kids are fabulous, but when you're home all day with an infant that can't talk, your brain starts to kind of melt, and I thought, 'I have to do something, or my brain is just going to liquefy.'

~Ann Leckie

Topics: All Day Brain Day Fabulous Going Home Infant Just Kids Kind Melt Something Starts Talk Thought You Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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