Paul Nolan
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
As a sci-fi fan of books and films/tv, it seems a shame that more of your work hasn’t made its way to the big or small screen. (I see only one credit for you on the IMDb website.) Anything in development on these fronts?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Nope. Not a peep. Alas, it's not up to me. Media is a buyer's market, and the buyers are the producers, the folks with money, other people's or their own -- or both, given the high costs of production.
I suspect few of them are Bujold readers.
Adapting my material also has a hidden hazard in its interiority --a lot of what readers enjoy is actually taking place inside the characters' heads, where the camera cannot go, or in the stylistic voice (which are mostly one and the same, in my choice of tight viewpoint.) It's the great strength of prose fiction, so I play to it hard, but removing that whole layer for visual media would cost a lot of depth.
Ta, L.
Nope. Not a peep. Alas, it's not up to me. Media is a buyer's market, and the buyers are the producers, the folks with money, other people's or their own -- or both, given the high costs of production.
I suspect few of them are Bujold readers.
Adapting my material also has a hidden hazard in its interiority --a lot of what readers enjoy is actually taking place inside the characters' heads, where the camera cannot go, or in the stylistic voice (which are mostly one and the same, in my choice of tight viewpoint.) It's the great strength of prose fiction, so I play to it hard, but removing that whole layer for visual media would cost a lot of depth.
Ta, L.
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Celtic
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
All of the Murderbot novellas are very good - recommend. I'm thoroughly enjoying a re-read, building up to the novel that's just been released. Fascinating to see here how little gap there was between you finishing the latest Penric and it appearing online - is that a record?
Angelley Ragasa
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
Good Day Ma'am,Hi, I'm Angelley Ragasa from Philippines.I really love to read your stories, the way you right your stories, it's very interesting. You inspires me. Now, I really want to read your stories more. May I ask you some questions? Can you recommend any new or upcoming authors to us? What keeps you motivated during creative slumps? How did you come up with the idea for your book? I hope I could get a response.
Sara
asked
Lois McMaster Bujold:
I am an admirer of your work. One of your greatest talents is creating whole, interesting characters that make you want to follow the story, and the complete worlds the characters inhabit. When I start one of your books, I know I will escape into another dimension. When you write, do you set the stage (place and time), or does the character evolution do that for you? Do you use outlines in your creative process?
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