Food is an excellent way to do very elegant worldbuilding - the kind that can make a fictional world seem real, like it extends way past the edges of the frame. Ann Leckie edgeelegantexcellent Change image and share on social
What would it be like to live 500 years? Healthy years, of course; no one wants to live 500 years in a coma on a respirator. But reasonably healthy all that time? That would be awesome! Ann Leckie awesomecomahealthy Change image and share on social
Science fiction in particular is often assumed to be about the future, or about some abstract technological or philosophical idea, or just about 'adventure,' but writers can't build worlds out of nothing. We use bits and pieces of the real world to assemble our fictional ones. Ann Leckie abstractadventureassemble share on social
I can't see potato chips being popular where there's not land to grow potatoes in or where frying in lots of oil isn't easy or convenient. Ann Leckie chipconvenienteasy Change image and share on social
In so much SF, either gender roles are the ones we're used to in the here and now, only transported to the future, or else they're supposedly different, but characters still are slotting into various stereotypes. Ann Leckie characterfuturegender share on social
You write alone, but you write hoping that there will be readers who will connect with what you write, and it's so wonderful and amazing - I can't even tell you - when that actually happens. Ann Leckie amazeconnecthope Change image and share on social
One of the awesome things about being a writer is that I can research nearly anything - tea? Bubblegum? Ants? Neurology? Chocolate? Textile production? It doesn't matter. It's all productive work. Ann Leckie antawesomebubblegum Change image and share on social
I don't really have guilty pleasures. I like what I like, and I don't worry too much about whether it's supposed to be cool or sophisticated or show that I have good or bad taste or whatever. Ann Leckie badcoolgood Change image and share on social
I do realize the impulse to classify people by the food and art they consume is strong - sometimes I have to remind myself not to do that. Ann Leckie artclassifyconsume Change image and share on social
The 'indistinguishable from magic' thing is highly dependent on where a viewer is looking from and not something intrinsic to any particular sort of tech. Ann Leckie dependenthighlyindistinguishable Change image and share on social
