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Tim Pratt
American
Writer
Born:
Dec 12
,
1976
After
Getting
Good
Me
Time
Writing
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William Arthur Ward
I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I'm getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though.
Tim Pratt
Love
Tired
Challenges
Hate
Words
Sex
Own
Bookshelf
Though
Logic
Pretty
Eating
My Own
Having
Perfectly
Puzzles
Like
Because
Doing
Reviewing
Revising
Getting
Ice
Ice Cream
Cream
Then
Organizing
Round
Second
Drafting
As I got older, I had more experience with borders. Some literal - living in the dramatically blue misty mountains on the line between North Carolina and Tennessee, and living in California - home to expats, transplants, and refugees from both sides of innumerable borders.
Tim Pratt
Home
Experience
Mountains
Older
Living
Sides
Dramatically
Carolina
Borders
Some
More
Both
Both Sides
Tennessee
Had
Between
California
Misty
Got
Line
North
North Carolina
Blue
Refugees
Literal
Life is full of borders. Some of them, once crossed, can never be crossed again in the other direction. But there are new countries to discover across every one.
Tim Pratt
Life
Every
Other
Once
Borders
Some
Crossed
Direction
Never
Countries
New
Discover
Again
Them
Across
Full
Once, my writing-avoidance behavior involved me mixing up a cleaning concoction and getting some ancient stains out of the carpet. My wife liked that one.
Tim Pratt
Me
Cleaning
Behavior
Wife
Once
Carpet
Ancient
Out
Some
Liked
Involved
Mixing
Up
Getting
I'm a competent novelist. I'm getting better. But I'm a really good short story writer.
Tim Pratt
Good
Better
Writer
Getting
Getting Better
Short
Short Story
Story
Really
Novelist
Competent
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