Taler Stanton
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I was wondering where you draw your inspirations from? Do you often see people, historical time periods, moments and then create stories based upon that? How much of your writing are pieces of your childhood combined with life experiences?
Lois McMaster Bujold
This question is a bit too broad to answer, but briefly, All Of The Above covers it. Like found art, the stories tend to be pieced together like a montage from all sorts of magpie bits and bobs, fleshed out as I go. Including, of course, experiences from all periods of my life. (Pieces of my childhood are (among) my life experiences, natch. They aren't really something separate.)
Which bits in my bag get picked out for inclusion at any given time is driven by the underlying needs of the story. So the process is far from random.
(My nonfiction collection Sidelines: Talks and Essays includes more on some of the stories' specific origins, scattered about.)
Which bits in my bag get picked out for inclusion at any given time is driven by the underlying needs of the story. So the process is far from random.
(My nonfiction collection Sidelines: Talks and Essays includes more on some of the stories' specific origins, scattered about.)
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Anne Archibald
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Is it my imagination, or should there be five Chalion novels? I mean, The Curse of Chalion is the Daughter's book, Paladin of Souls is the Bastard's, The Hallowed Hunt is the Son's — the hardcovers are even bound in the gods' colours — so are there two more planned for the Father and the Mother? Somehow I picture a murder mystery and something set in a plague hospital.
Daniel
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I'm finishing my second read of the Vorkosigan Saga and loving A Civil Campaign—it’s been a while since a book made me laugh this much! Quick question: Did the comconsoles emerge because mobile smartphones didn't yet exist, or was it intentional to keep the internet "as a place" (like desktop computers)? Thank you :)
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