Kristel Mae
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Greetings ma'am Lois . It's a pleasure knowing you ma'am I'm one of your fans here in the phillippines... Can I ask you some questions ma'am... It would be a great honor to me .. Here are my questions ma'am .. How did it start ma'am?What or who are your inpirations? How do you feel while writing your stories ? What books you can recomend on us? Thank you ma'am...
Lois McMaster Bujold
Last in the queue, you unfortunate student...
See here https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1... and linked for more.
"How did it start ma'am?"
A great many questions about my early writing career are answered earlier in this column -- scroll down -- in my interviews http://vorkosigan.wikia.com/wiki/Auth... , in my nonfiction work Sidelines: Talks and Essays, and in The Vorkosigan Companion.
But really, I think all imaginative creation starts in childhood with "Let's pretend!" games, and goes on to thinking imaginatively about fiction one has read or watched. From there it's a very short jump to wanting to make such creations oneself. (Fanfiction is frequently a normal first step, depending on the models one has encountered.)
"What or who are your inpirations?"
Really this goes back to modeling, referenced above. A huge amount of human learning happens through modeling, copying the thing done by another whether the thing is how to throw a volleyball or how to write a story. Short answer would be "All the fiction I have read and liked." Specifics are answered elsewhere as per references. (Do I need to say, copy does not mean plagiarize -- it means making one's very own thing after the mode demonstrated.)
"How do you feel while writing your stories ?"
Since stories can take up to years to compete, quite a few things. I'm always most excited to be either beginning or ending a piece; the middles are always a slog.
"What books you can recomend on us?"
Answered elsewhere in this batch, and in this column.
Good luck on your further reading and writing --
Ta, L.
Last in the queue, you unfortunate student...
See here https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1... and linked for more.
"How did it start ma'am?"
A great many questions about my early writing career are answered earlier in this column -- scroll down -- in my interviews http://vorkosigan.wikia.com/wiki/Auth... , in my nonfiction work Sidelines: Talks and Essays, and in The Vorkosigan Companion.
But really, I think all imaginative creation starts in childhood with "Let's pretend!" games, and goes on to thinking imaginatively about fiction one has read or watched. From there it's a very short jump to wanting to make such creations oneself. (Fanfiction is frequently a normal first step, depending on the models one has encountered.)
"What or who are your inpirations?"
Really this goes back to modeling, referenced above. A huge amount of human learning happens through modeling, copying the thing done by another whether the thing is how to throw a volleyball or how to write a story. Short answer would be "All the fiction I have read and liked." Specifics are answered elsewhere as per references. (Do I need to say, copy does not mean plagiarize -- it means making one's very own thing after the mode demonstrated.)
"How do you feel while writing your stories ?"
Since stories can take up to years to compete, quite a few things. I'm always most excited to be either beginning or ending a piece; the middles are always a slog.
"What books you can recomend on us?"
Answered elsewhere in this batch, and in this column.
Good luck on your further reading and writing --
Ta, L.
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Katrine Cady
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I love reading your passages about the balls at Gregor's residence. I imagine myself there, observing all my favorite characters. I'm unsure about the music. Is it classical? For instance, what do you hear in your head when they are participating in a mirror dance?
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