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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Haha! Sorry that was my little brother Jackel. But he meant to say what your very first story did to inspire you to make more?
Lois McMaster Bujold
Depends on what you mean by "first"; I've had many, starting from a writing assignment in third grade, going on through junior high efforts that would be called fanfiction today (the term was not to my knowledge invented yet in the early 60s, tho' it wouldn't be long), through to my first finished professional novelette that didn't sell, through to my first novel that did. Much of this is covered here: https://www.amazon.com/Sidelines-Essa... I'd direct you particularly to the occasional essay titled "My First Novel" for an answer at some length.
I was trying to write from very early on, though I lost track of myself for several long stretches in there. It took till my early thirties to claim that identity with sufficient determination to see it through.
(Also, lots and lots of reading.)
Ta, L.
Depends on what you mean by "first"; I've had many, starting from a writing assignment in third grade, going on through junior high efforts that would be called fanfiction today (the term was not to my knowledge invented yet in the early 60s, tho' it wouldn't be long), through to my first finished professional novelette that didn't sell, through to my first novel that did. Much of this is covered here: https://www.amazon.com/Sidelines-Essa... I'd direct you particularly to the occasional essay titled "My First Novel" for an answer at some length.
I was trying to write from very early on, though I lost track of myself for several long stretches in there. It took till my early thirties to claim that identity with sufficient determination to see it through.
(Also, lots and lots of reading.)
Ta, L.
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Steve
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Reading Erin Morgenstern's *The Night Circus* with my teenage daughter. Reading aloud increases my admiration for the writer as I feel the careful way she has chosen each word. It's the same with Tolkien or Rowling. I haven't read your books aloud; but when you read chapters in public or I hear the audiobooks, they sound like they are made to be heard. Do you read your own books aloud before a final copy?
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I just finished/loved the Penric's Demon series. The Cantons are cozy as heck and the Empire has that Byzantine motif that's right down my alley. Anyway, I wanted to know what role jesters play, if any, in the world of Chalion. I assume they'd fall within the Bastard's province, but just how religious would they be? The idea of a jester-divine brings a smile to my face haha
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