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" People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form? "
Anne McCaffrey
You
Genetically
Life
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" I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start. "
Anne McCaffrey
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Need
" I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need. "
Anne McCaffrey
Religion
Problem
Need
" Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to. "
Anne McCaffrey
Been
Much
Writing
" I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write. "
Anne McCaffrey
Young
Back
Good
" I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale. "
Anne McCaffrey
Out
World
Windows
" I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet. "
Anne McCaffrey
My Own
Version
Screen
" I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens. "
Anne McCaffrey
World
Books
Comfort
" I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel. "
Anne McCaffrey
You
Short
Story
" That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there. "
Anne McCaffrey
You
Want
See
" I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime. "
Anne McCaffrey
Chance
Write
Started
" I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway. "
Anne McCaffrey
Writer
Raise
He
" I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. "
Anne McCaffrey
Stage
Back
Always
" But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible. "
Anne McCaffrey
Speech
Love
Living
" A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it. "
Anne McCaffrey
Matter
Who
Story
" Make no judgements where you have no compassion. "
Anne McCaffrey
Judgements
Make
Where
" Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims. "
Anne McCaffrey
Mostly
Telling
Victims
" What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food. "
Anne McCaffrey
Cat
Writing
Ride
" But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end. "
Anne McCaffrey
Myself
Without
Story
" I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom. "
Anne McCaffrey
Certain
Writing
Someone
" That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house. "
Anne McCaffrey
Story
Career
House
" The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it. "
Anne McCaffrey
Emotion
Right
You
" I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio. "
Anne McCaffrey
Crystal
Very
Trio
" I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept. "
Anne McCaffrey
Going
Own
I Am
" I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff. "
Anne McCaffrey
Good
Stuff
Pension