Kosigan
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
On a re-listen of the Vorkosigan audiobooks recently, I noticed a 1-line reference to the tunnels under Vorbarr Sultana that were used to such great effect in Captain Vorpatril's Alliance - which was written about 20 years later. This got me to wondering: how much research of your own work is (was) involved in preparing for a new entry in a series that has been written over such a length of time?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I reread my own work so many times in the course of writing it and prepping it for publication, it's pretty well burned into my brain. I can pop back and check anything I'm in doubt about. (This can ambush me when I am happily wrong in some memory, and don't think to cross-check.)
Very often, something that was a throw-away line in an earlier work gets exploited and expanded in a later work, giving a flattering illusion of long-laid planning.
Ta, L.
Very often, something that was a throw-away line in an earlier work gets exploited and expanded in a later work, giving a flattering illusion of long-laid planning.
Ta, L.
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Reading 'Mirror Dance', I was just out of Premed, and our psychology professor had vividy described anorexia nervosa, where the adolescent uses her own body to obtain control that the overbearing family otherwise denies her. Mark's coping mechanism is quite similar, regaining a measure of control that way. Did you come up with this on your own, or did you actually use current research? Both would be quite impressive!
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I missed out on an old con with Siegling's tote bags, to my sorrow. I've finally got the equipment to make one myself, but I was thinking that I might not be the only one looking, and so was considering posting the design (nothing special, just a logo for Siegling's vorbarr sultana) on redbubble so others could get it too. Would you mind? And if it's ok, is there a charity you'd like me to donate the proceeds to?
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