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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Haha! Sorry that was my little brother Jackel. But he meant to say what your very first story did to inspire you to make more?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Depends on what you mean by "first"; I've had many, starting from a writing assignment in third grade, going on through junior high efforts that would be called fanfiction today (the term was not to my knowledge invented yet in the early 60s, tho' it wouldn't be long), through to my first finished professional novelette that didn't sell, through to my first novel that did. Much of this is covered here: https://www.amazon.com/Sidelines-Essa... I'd direct you particularly to the occasional essay titled "My First Novel" for an answer at some length.
I was trying to write from very early on, though I lost track of myself for several long stretches in there. It took till my early thirties to claim that identity with sufficient determination to see it through.
(Also, lots and lots of reading.)
Ta, L.
Depends on what you mean by "first"; I've had many, starting from a writing assignment in third grade, going on through junior high efforts that would be called fanfiction today (the term was not to my knowledge invented yet in the early 60s, tho' it wouldn't be long), through to my first finished professional novelette that didn't sell, through to my first novel that did. Much of this is covered here: https://www.amazon.com/Sidelines-Essa... I'd direct you particularly to the occasional essay titled "My First Novel" for an answer at some length.
I was trying to write from very early on, though I lost track of myself for several long stretches in there. It took till my early thirties to claim that identity with sufficient determination to see it through.
(Also, lots and lots of reading.)
Ta, L.
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Christopher Winter
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi Lois...I just finished "Dangerous Liaisons" (the book, although seeing the movie inspired the reading), and I was wondering if it had any influence on your backstory for Aral's first wife and her affairs in the capital amongst "not altogether vicious" older people. Or were these ideas in the air, or in your romance reading of the time?
Eugene Bitukov
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hello! I like your Vorkosigan Saga stories very much. But did not find any Ukrainian translations of them. Do you have any official Ukrainian translations? And if you do not have any yet, than are you OK if I 'll translate the "Shards of Honor" for the beginning? Thanks! Best Regards, Eugene Bitukov.
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