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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
Anne McCaffrey

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I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet.
Anne McCaffrey

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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims.
Anne McCaffrey

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I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway.
Anne McCaffrey

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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

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What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
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That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.
Anne McCaffrey

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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.
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I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff.
Anne McCaffrey

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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

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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

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I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well.
Anne McCaffrey

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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

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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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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime.
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