Sarah Zettel quotes

Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work. (Sarah Zettel)
I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research. View quote
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Becoming a mother cannot help but change things. An author's life is reflected in their writing, whether they want it to be or not, and parenthood is one of the biggest life changes there is. View quote
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I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind. View quote
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All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there. View quote
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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. View quote
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As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together. View quote
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When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking. View quote
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Paranoia is infectious. It's also an incredibly useful tool. If you can make people afraid enough, uncertain enough, they will simply stop moving. View quote
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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. View quote
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First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics. (Sarah Zettel)
Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing. View quote
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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. View quote
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I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now. View quote
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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. View quote
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I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966. View quote
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I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while reading her work that I decided I wanted to be an author. View quote
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Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual. View quote
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I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say. (Sarah Zettel)
I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend the rest of the story digging out from under that piano. How they dig, how long and how well, this all depends entirely on the character. View quote
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Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well. View quote
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I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus. View quote
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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. View quote
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