Ask the Author: Marjorie M. Liu
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Marjorie M. Liu
That's such a good question! Right off the top of my head, I'd recommend A Bride's Story by Kaoru Mori, Nimona by Noelle Stevenson; The Clean Room by Gail Simone and Jon Davis-Hunt; and Pretty Deadly by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos!
Marjorie M. Liu
Thank you so much, Susan. I do plan on going back to writing novels. In fact, I'm writing one even now! I miss it very much -- as much as I enjoy writing comics, writing novels is my first love.
Marjorie M. Liu
Oh, gosh!!! I don't even know where to start! I feel as though I've been devouring books forever. I have a very early memory of my mom taking me to the library and sitting me down on the floor next to a row of children's books. The first one she pulled out was a collection of fairy tales -- Snow White, Puss n' Boots, Beauty and the Beast -- that was my first taste of the fantastic, and I definitely fell in love.
Marjorie M. Liu
I would love to write more Dirk & Steele novels! I still have ideas for them. But some years back the publisher wasn't as keen to continue the series, and I moved on. I don't know if I'll return to the series -- at this point, there are many other things on my plate. But thank you, though! I appreciate that so much.
Marjorie M. Liu
“By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness.”
- Pablo Neruda, from 100 Love Sonnets
I can’t remember the first time I encountered that poem, though I’m certain it was in high school — and I’m equally certain I was overcome with the same exquisite heartache that fills me even now after decades of reading that line, that poem, all his poems. It is, to me, the perfect expression of how I feel about love: that love is a bond, that love does battle, that love overcomes. I’ve held that line, that entire volume of poetry, close to my heart. I reach to it, always, for inspiration.
- Pablo Neruda, from 100 Love Sonnets
I can’t remember the first time I encountered that poem, though I’m certain it was in high school — and I’m equally certain I was overcome with the same exquisite heartache that fills me even now after decades of reading that line, that poem, all his poems. It is, to me, the perfect expression of how I feel about love: that love is a bond, that love does battle, that love overcomes. I’ve held that line, that entire volume of poetry, close to my heart. I reach to it, always, for inspiration.
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