Thea Stayton
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N.K. Jemisin:
Duuude!! If you ever come to Portland I wanna buy you a beverage! I have so enjoyed your books and how you manage to surprise me and keep true to character, world and plot. My question: while squeezing writing around your day job, what are your typical strategies to keep the juices flowing and what have you resorted to when the muses get voy?
N.K. Jemisin
My muses don't ever really leave me; I've never had a problem with writers' block or whatever. As for squeezing writing around the day job, I've said this elsewhere, but: get robots. Anything you can do to save time will help you write. I got a Roomba as a gift a few years back; spent one of my first writing checks on a countertop dishwasher; as a gift to myself for winning a Hugo I bought a Litter Robot. An hour spent doing stuff you don't need to do is an hour you could be spending on yourself, i.e. your writing. Especially if you've got other obligations like a day job or your family!
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Will I need to brush up on my plate tectonics to read this one?! Seriously, your first trilogy was heavily scientific sci/fi. I loved it, but getting into the wholly new world was hard, especially as I let too much time lag between the books. Does this new series demand as much from the reader, and is this a concern to you as the author?
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I first got into you through the Inheritance trilogy and absolutely adore the series. Now my sister introduced me to your Mass Effect Andromeda book Initiation. I absolutely love Mass Effect, and I love your work, so you can see why I’m excited. :) How’d you get that gig? Were you already familiar with the series, was it a learn as you go thing, how does one go about writing in the universe of such a large franchise?
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