It's a common part of the narrative of the history of Christianity that it was 'real' religion that involved real spirituality and real faith, and that's why it's completely superseded the more pagan polytheistic practices. Ann Leckie christianitycommoncompletely share on social
I'd say my biggest influences are writers like Andre Norton and, particularly when it comes to the Radch, C.J. Cherryh. Ann Leckie andrebigcherryh Change image and share on social
I love science fiction, and one of the things I love about it is that it's so very different. You can read stuff that's just fast-paced adventure, and the characters are cardboard, but who cares, because they're heroes, and we love it. And you can read stuff that's really deep character, and everything in between. Ann Leckie adventurecardboardcare share on social
I think a lot of times our culture has an attitude toward art and the production of art that separates artists from the rest of us, like making art or music or painting or whatever is some magical thing that you have to be inspired to do, and special people do it. Ann Leckie artartistattitude share on social
Fortunately or unfortunately, NaNoWriMo requires you to write at a breakneck pace, so I got used to just pushing on through. Ann Leckie breakneckfortunatelynanowrimo Change image and share on social
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
I tend to edit some as I go - partly because one of the reasons I don't outline much is that I don't know what the next scene will be until I've actually written the previous scene. Ann Leckie edithaveoutline Change image and share on social
Now, I personally enjoy a really good footnote. Ann Leckie enjoyfootnotegood Change image and share on social
I've always enjoyed making up stories, especially when I was bored and just sitting around. It got really serious after the children came along. Ann Leckie borechildenjoy 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