Ask the Author: Ellen Kushner
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Ellen Kushner
You really want to know? Seriously? OK, here goes:
Why did my college boyfriend, who went off with my best friend after we broke up at the end of our senior year - why did the two of them act like they were really mad at me? Like I'd done something terrible? And refuse to speak to me for years? It made no sense! We'd broken up! And I did not miss him. I missed her, though.
Why did my college boyfriend, who went off with my best friend after we broke up at the end of our senior year - why did the two of them act like they were really mad at me? Like I'd done something terrible? And refuse to speak to me for years? It made no sense! We'd broken up! And I did not miss him. I missed her, though.
Ellen Kushner
1) Finding out your work has helped someone through a hard time.
2) Living in a social and professional world where everyone really cares about books.
3) Getting to work in your jammies.
4) Knowing you can look your teenage self in the eyes without shame.
2) Living in a social and professional world where everyone really cares about books.
3) Getting to work in your jammies.
4) Knowing you can look your teenage self in the eyes without shame.
Ellen Kushner
You want a long answer? And inspiring answer?
Sorry.
The answer is:
Deadlines.
Sorry.
The answer is:
Deadlines.
Ellen Kushner
The author sat down at her desk to write, armed with her usual aids, the huge bowl of popcorn and the liter of Coke Zero, treats she permitted herself only when working.
There was no popcorn.
There was no popcorn.
Ellen Kushner
A book whose working title is CITY YEAR. It takes place about 15 years after THE PRIVILEGE OF THE SWORD, and has many of the same characters, albeit 15 years older. They are not the protagonists, though: that role belongs to young Jessica Campion bastard daughter of the Mad Duke Tremontaine. And Lily Martin, a young girl who works in a Riverside tavern and dreams of being an actress.....
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