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When I’m not at the keyboard…
When I’m not at the keyboard, I’m generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.
Then, I realized that there is…
Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It’s us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians.
When I was in college, I…
When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I’d enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back.
So, one of the things I…
So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality and proper use of natural resources that were radically different from ours, as the Europeans were from the American Indians.
The Lord of the Rings movie…
The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies.
Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant…
Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.
Now, of course, the great thing…
Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt.
Now, Venus is an extremely hostile…
Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers.
If I get blocked, it is…
If I get blocked, it is generally because I don’t know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this is generally more research, or making more background notes, so the place and person can be more fully realized inside my own mind.
My joking answer to this question…
My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there’s a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.
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