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I've always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: After Along Always Around Bored Came Children Enjoyed Got Just Making Making Up Really Serious Sitting Stories Up

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Does getting an award make you happy? When you imagine yourself at the ceremony, you're always so eloquent and gracious. In reality, it's kind of awkward.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Always Award Awkward Ceremony Does Eloquent Getting Gracious Happy Imagine Kind Make Reality You Yourself

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One day, I discovered that a couple of people had written 'fanfic' - stories of their own based on my characters. Just the thought of people thinking that hard and deeply about something I've written is incredible.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About Based Characters Couple Day Deeply Discovered Had Hard Incredible Just One Day Own People Something Stories Thinking Thought Written

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When I need to get away from my desk, I tend to take walks or go places. I also like to bead - working with beads to make jewellery.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Also Away Beads Desk Get Go Jewellery Like Make Need Places Take Tend Walks Working

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Occasionally, I hear grumbles about everything being a series or a trilogy, but apart from the question of them maybe selling more books, I think that there's a real problem in trying to introduce a new world or a new concept while also getting your reader to pay close attention to your characters and themes.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About Also Apart Attention Being Books Characters Close Concept Everything Getting Hear Introduce Maybe More New New World Occasionally Pay Problem Question Reader Real Real Problem Selling Series Them Themes Think Trilogy Trying While World Your I Think

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One of the nice things about a second book is that your readers already have so much of the introductions on board, they don't have to put all their attention into figuring out the world and can more easily let that play out as a background to the other things you want to do.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About Attention Background Board Book Easily Figuring More Much Nice Nice Things Other Out Play Put Readers Second Things Want World You Your

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Science fiction in particular is often assumed to be about the future, or about some abstract technological or philosophical idea, or just about 'adventure,' but writers can't build worlds out of nothing. We use bits and pieces of the real world to assemble our fictional ones.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About Abstract Adventure Assemble Assumed Bits Bits And Pieces Build Fiction Fictional Future Idea Just Nothing Often Our Out Particular Philosophical Pieces Real Real World Science Science Fiction Some Technological The Real World Use World Worlds Writers

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My taste in both is pretty eclectic. I do encourage people to try new and different kinds of tea if they can - there are so many different sorts, and so many, flavored or not, and there's bound to be something you like. The same with choral music, really.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Both Bound Different Different Kinds Eclectic Encourage Kinds Like Many Music New People Pretty Really Same Something Sort Taste Tea Try You

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Singing together is something human beings just do, and there are hundreds of years worth of just European vocal music available to read and hear.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Available Beings European Hear Human Human Beings Hundreds Hundreds Of Years Just Music Read Singing Something Together Vocal Worth Years

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I suspect that we get used to particular sorts of stories being presented in particular sorts of ways, and we're so used to interpreting them and understanding what it is they're doing that we think of those forms and styles as faithful, complete depictions of reality.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Being Complete Doing Faithful Forms Get Interpreting Particular Presented Reality Sort Stories Styles Suspect Them Think Those Understanding Used Ways

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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