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Anne McCaffrey

Anne McCaffrey

American Author

Born: Apr 1, 1926

Died: Nov 21, 2011

Books Energy Good Life Writing You

Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens. Anne McCaffrey

Me World Books Something Read Comfort Shelf Closes Happens Which

That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house. Anne McCaffrey

Beginning Thrill House Wrote Still Story Career

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff. Anne McCaffrey

Good Pension Stuff Ireland

The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it. Anne McCaffrey

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims. Anne McCaffrey

People Telling Mostly Victims

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start. Anne McCaffrey

Good Enough Would Through Writers New Readership Still Encourage Off Get Electronic Electronic Media Media Publishing Wide Start Need

I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel. Anne McCaffrey

I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet. Anne McCaffrey

Own My Own Had Written Version Screen Buyers

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. Anne McCaffrey

Me Writing Stage Tool Back Emotion Always Goes Being Used

I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom. Anne McCaffrey

Freedom Writing Someone Outlines Also Certain Amount Need

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway. Anne McCaffrey

Writer He Happened Anyway Todd Raise

But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible. Anne McCaffrey

Love Words Will Living Changed Say Possible Since Ireland Irish Them Sentence Use Fullness Many Speech

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