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
I've been a fan of Jack Vance since before I was in high school. Ann Leckie fanhavehigh Change image and share on social
In non-fiction, I found John Gardner's two writing books to be tremendously helpful. Ann Leckie bookfictionfind Change image and share on social
I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that. Ann Leckie fictionmakesale 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
'Fountain of youth' is actually kind of ambiguous - does it mean a way to make everyone healthy and let them live indefinitely? Or are we talking about something that would reset you physically to the way you were in your youth, which for various reasons not all of us would be enthused about? Ann Leckie ambiguousenthusefountain 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
I do think that narrative is very important - I think that we use narrative to organize the world around us, and so it does matter a lot what kinds of narratives we have in our inventories and which ones are reinforced so often and so strongly that we habitually reach for them without thinking. Ann Leckie habituallyimportantinventory share on social