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The lessons of slushing and editing build up over time, and you're not necessarily thinking about them while you're working, but they're in the back of your mind, probably influencing your choices.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About Back Build Choices Editing Influencing Lessons Mind Necessarily Over Them Thinking Time Up While Working You Your

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'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' by Susanna Clarke is a big, thick book. About a thousand pages in paperback. I've heard several people say the size alone intimidated them.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About Alone Big Book Heard Intimidated Jonathan Pages People People Say Say Several Size Strange Them Thick Thousand Mr

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Now, I personally enjoy a really good footnote.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Enjoy Good Now Personally Really

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I've been a fan of Jack Vance since before I was in high school.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Been Before Fan High High School Jack School Since

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'Star Trek' still - I'm kind of intrigued by the way that the standard foods of various non-humans are sometimes portrayed as downright disgusting.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Disgusting Downright Foods Intrigued Kind Portrayed Sometimes Standard Star Star Trek Still Trek Various Way

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I can't see potato chips being popular where there's not land to grow potatoes in or where frying in lots of oil isn't easy or convenient.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Being Chips Convenient Easy Grow Land Lots Oil Popular Potato Potatoes See Where

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Any attempt to list the ten best science fiction novels is doomed to failure.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Any Attempt Best Doomed Failure Fiction List Novels Science Science Fiction Ten

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In non-fiction, I found John Gardner's two writing books to be tremendously helpful.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Books Found Helpful John Non-Fiction Tremendously Two Writing

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Writing books can be very individual - one might strike you as helpful that someone else found useless, or that you might not have appreciated at some other time in your life.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Appreciated Books Else Found Helpful Individual Life Might Other Some Someone Strike Time Useless Very Writing You Your

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I tend to edit some as I go - partly because one of the reasons I don't outline much is that I don't know what the next scene will be until I've actually written the previous scene.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Actually Because Edit Go Know Much Next Outline Partly Previous Reasons Scene Some Tend Until Will Written

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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