Kate Davenport
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
You say the e-writing process has gotten frighteningly fast. Good thing? Bad thing? Has it changed the way you write? Or any of the different stages of your writing? For myself, I can look back and see so many things that I now do totally differently because of the computer and the internet.
Lois McMaster Bujold
I should say, more precisely, that the self-e-publishing part has grown frighteningly fast. Writing still takes (me) as much time as ever.
I did finally make the shift, a few years back, to not printing out chapters as I went, instead working paperless just with e-files. (My paper consumption has dropped from cartons to next to nothing.) I find I do a lot more micro-editing this way, although I'm not sure that makes a discernible difference on the readers' end. But the editing-as-I-go, at the sentence level and scene by scene, has also grown in importance, as there is less time at the end to second-guess everything.
Ta, L.
I did finally make the shift, a few years back, to not printing out chapters as I went, instead working paperless just with e-files. (My paper consumption has dropped from cartons to next to nothing.) I find I do a lot more micro-editing this way, although I'm not sure that makes a discernible difference on the readers' end. But the editing-as-I-go, at the sentence level and scene by scene, has also grown in importance, as there is less time at the end to second-guess everything.
Ta, L.
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Alexandra
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Iirc, you recommended the Griffin & Whyborne series; I've recently found a writer with similarly themed work and am wondering if you'd ever tried her -- K J Charles? There's even a Tor.com article (https://bit.ly/2FCtuSH) Just curious about your response, that's all.
Bob
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Look Forward to any new books from you. I have reread "Captain Vorpatril's Alliance" many time. I hope he will be a major player in your next book and how he get along with his varied family member. You are still a beautiful lady and a wonderful author. I hope to read many new books written by you. Have you ever considered mentoring s young author?
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