Derek
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Who is your favorite character to write? What is it that makes them stand out for you as an author?
Lois McMaster Bujold
I find I like best working with a character who has complicated and interesting thoughts, an interior landscape worth spending time in. It is increasingly the same case for my chosen reading, too -- if I'm going to be spending hours -- or, in the case of a book I'm writing, months -- in this other headspace, I want it to be a congenial one. This seems to work for both fiction and nonfiction, interestingly. This quality is also sometimes dubbed "voice", but I think there's far more to it than just style. A quite complex headspace can be expressed in plain language, but witty delivery is very much a bonus. A character who offers dry wit and humor that is sharp without being cruel along with his or her insights is a special treat.
Ta, L.
Ta, L.
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So I was rereading Falling Free the other day, and I don't recall that it says anywhere how to pronounce the name of the planet Rodeo. Was it perhaps originally discovered by space Texans (ROH-dee-oh), or maybe Escobarans (roh-DAY-oh)? :) Just something I kept wondering about.
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