Patty
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
What aspects of your life do you consistently use in your stories?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Er... all of them?
Although not, it must be said, all at the same time. I pick and choose from all that I know/have done/have read according to the needs of the story at hand. Insofar as the stories are not all alike, neither are their sources. (I think what makes this question so hard to answer may be the "consistently" part.)
Also note that jumping off from this substrate of "the entire contents of my head" to a story involves a whole lot of transformations, amalgams, cross-linkages, and other meta-games as a natural part of creativity.
Ta, L.
Er... all of them?
Although not, it must be said, all at the same time. I pick and choose from all that I know/have done/have read according to the needs of the story at hand. Insofar as the stories are not all alike, neither are their sources. (I think what makes this question so hard to answer may be the "consistently" part.)
Also note that jumping off from this substrate of "the entire contents of my head" to a story involves a whole lot of transformations, amalgams, cross-linkages, and other meta-games as a natural part of creativity.
Ta, L.
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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?
Catherine Nemeth
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
In one of Barbara Hambly’s fantasy series wizards/magic use had been outlawed/severely curtailed because the world was entering an Industrial Revolution and it's so easy for a wizard to wreck machinery for paid industrial sabotage or personal animus. Given how demons shed chaos (Otta/Atto in weaving room, sorcerers on boats), do you have any thoughts as to what may happen to sorcerers if/when the Wot5G has an IR?
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