 Michael Scott and Colette Freedman on Inspiration
Colette Freedman: When I was a young girl, I read the books that little girls were supposed to read: books by Judy Blume, Paula Danziger, Carol Ryrie Brink. I devoured Nancy Drew and completed the entire Little House on the Prairie series. But there was something missing ... an element of danger and suspense which none of these books were giving me.
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 Scholar—Pursuit of a Different Dream
By L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Don’t all heroes in fantasy dream about becoming the supreme mage, ruler, liberator, warrior, or the like? And even if they don’t have that dream, don’t most of them end up doing something like that in order to get their dream?
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 And Hilarity Ensues
By Lev AC Rosen
I’d never thought of myself as particularly funny person before setting out to write All Men of Genius. But somehow, I got it into my head to write something inspired by two classic romantic comedies. I’m not sure entirely why. I suspect because at the time I was writing the novel, there wasn’t much lighter steampunk out there—this was before Boneshaker came out, much less the Parasol Protectorate series—and while I loved the aesthetic, and the books were good… they were all such downers. I wanted to do something fun. So I looked to fun for inspiration. And then somewhere along the line, well into writing it, I realized I had to be funny.
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 A look back at my weird, cool life
By Rudy Rucker
The thing I like about a novel is that it’s not a list of dates and events. Not like an encyclopedia entry. A novel is all about characterization and description and conversation, about action and vignettes. I decided to structure my autobiography, Nested Scrolls, like that.
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