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Sarah Zettel
American
Author
Born:
Dec 14
,
1966
Fantasy
Life
Research
Science
Solar
Would
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Zig Ziglar
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.
Sarah Zettel
Me
History
Solar
Thinking
Changed
Solar System
System
Out
Would
Would-Be
About
Indigenous
Got
How
Were
Expansion
Westward
Wondering
The History Of
Exploration
Presence
I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier.
Sarah Zettel
Technology
Science
Better
Myth
Science And Technology
Understanding
Way
Easier
Folklore
Intuitive
Than
Fantasy
Internal
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
Work
Hard Work
Easy
Finding
Through
Part
Ideas
Sorting
Stories
After
While
Them
Turning
Hard
Now
Actually
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.
Sarah Zettel
Life
Change
Writing
Mother
Change Things
Changes
Life Changes
Parenthood
Becoming
Reflected
Author
Want
Biggest
Cannot
Whether
Help
Things
Fantasy is, of course, booming, and I think it's beginning to stretch its range as well.
Sarah Zettel
Beginning
Think
Range
Booming
Well
Course
Fantasy
Stretch
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
Life
Politics
Alien
First
Evidence
Out
Would
About
Invasion
Contact
Also
Foremost
Quiet
Story
Found
Actually
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.
Sarah Zettel
People
Enjoy
Restaurant
Favourite
One-Night
Something
Something New
Instead
New
Like
Also
Trying
Going
Sample
Fortunately
Special
Many
Usual
Night
I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now.
Sarah Zettel
Through
Feel
Going
Experimental
Now
Right
Phase
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.
Sarah Zettel
Good
Science
Writing
Research
Say
More
Fact
Checking
Involve
Science Fiction
Does
Doing
Doing Good
However
Close
Fiction
Fantasy
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
You
People
Enjoy
Think
Dandy
Say
Characters
More
Like
Readers
Author
Same
Want
Story
Which
Many
Series
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.
Sarah Zettel
Great
You
Solar
Guilt
Myth
Solar System
System
Indians
About
Great Thing
Course
Without
Glory
Expansion
Westward
American
Any
Frontier
Now
Thing
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.
Sarah Zettel
Life
Myself
Challenges
Science
World
Research
Extremely
Thoroughly
Possibilities
Intrigued
More
Hostile
Environment
Venus
Science Fiction
However
Lot
Began
Author
Offers
Fiction
Wants
Create
Who
Found
Now
Presents
Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing.
Sarah Zettel
Brilliant
Disturbing
Course
Butler
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.
Sarah Zettel
Good
College
Before
Tea
Back
Summer
Spent
London
Never
Looked
Got
Then
Really
Working
Actual
Enjoyed
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