Seantheaussie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I just read on tvtropes "Lois McMaster Bujold mentioned once that she absolutely detests most of the covers of her Vorkosigan Saga books. She managed to veto one cover and replace it for something more tasteful... and that became her lowest selling book. She said she'd stick to writing and let the designers do their work from then on." Is this true?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Not as relayed, no. But I have mixed in trying to improve my covers from time to time, and it has never helped. I mostly don't try anymore.
I am more relaxed about it all in these later days, when I no longer imagine a bad cover will sink my whole career. (Well, maybe that Paladin of Souls one in Britain, but I gave up on the UK market years ago.)
Ta, L.
Not as relayed, no. But I have mixed in trying to improve my covers from time to time, and it has never helped. I mostly don't try anymore.
I am more relaxed about it all in these later days, when I no longer imagine a bad cover will sink my whole career. (Well, maybe that Paladin of Souls one in Britain, but I gave up on the UK market years ago.)
Ta, L.
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J C
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Thank you for answering all these questions! I especially appreciate that, as a reader, I can't tell that you "build [the story] backwards, starting with the characters and their story and building the world around them". Question time! Re-read Mirror Dance; what theory of mind did you draw from to describe Mark?
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