Stacy
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Do you have favorite characters in each of your series? If so, what about those characters makes them more appealing to you than the others?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Much too large a question to answer in this tiny typing box. The major viewpoint characters have to have appeal, or I won't be interested enough to write about them . As a rule of thumb, I like characters, in my own work and that of others, who are laboring on a road toward redemption. Barr from The Sharing Knife ferex, started out in a pretty deep narrative hole, but he grew on me as he gradually started to Learn Better.
A sense of humor or sly wit is always a good sell, not to mention invaluable in bringing snap to the dialogue. Intelligence natch, though intelligence without humor... is mainly funny from the outside.
This question seems like a game anyone could play. Anyone else who cares to compare their answers in the comments, feel free.
Ta, L.
A sense of humor or sly wit is always a good sell, not to mention invaluable in bringing snap to the dialogue. Intelligence natch, though intelligence without humor... is mainly funny from the outside.
This question seems like a game anyone could play. Anyone else who cares to compare their answers in the comments, feel free.
Ta, L.
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Talli Ruksas
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Any regrets/second thoughts a la Rowling saying Harry should have ended up with Hermione? For example I've never been able to reconcile Aral having Carl executed. Any terran place I can use as a mental picture of Cordelia's bay? Thought about it driving some of the California coast and wondered.
Laura
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
When you are busy writing do you notice a decline in your interest in reading? Or maybe in reading works similar to what you are writing? Perhaps this pertains more to fiction than non-fiction, but I've experienced seasons when a world is actively gestating inside my head and similar stories lose their appeal. Curious to know if others experience something similar. Thank you!
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