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
The '70s was a decade that was crammed with prominent women science fiction writers, and a lot of women made their debut in that decade or really came to prominence. Ann Leckie 70scramdebut 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
The Internet really lets people connect that wouldn't have in the past, and lets conversations happen and connections happen. Ann Leckie connectconnectionconversation 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
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
The ability to live for five hundred years would be an incredible gift. But I greatly fear it would be a gift only for the wealthy - one that might greatly widen the gap between those with access and those without. Ann Leckie abilityaccessfear share on social
'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' by Susanna Clarke is a big, thick book. About a thousand pages in paperback. I've heard several people say the size alone intimidated them. Ann Leckie bigbookclarke Change image and share on social
Occasionally, I hear grumbles about everything being a series or a trilogy, but apart from the question of them maybe selling more books, I think that there's a real problem in trying to introduce a new world or a new concept while also getting your reader to pay close attention to your characters and themes. Ann Leckie attentionbookcharacter share on social