Stgermain
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
As you've gotten older, wiser, and perhaps a more capable writer, do you look back on things you wrote early in your career and wish you could change them? I once saw an interview with Spielberg about Close Encounters of the Third Kind. He talks about how he could never have had Richard Dreyfus' character go off on the space and leave his children behind, if he'd made the movie after he became a father. Thanks.
Lois McMaster Bujold
Aside from improving the copy-editing, no. I figure those books were written by that Lois, then; they belong to her, and I shouldn't go messing about with them. They say that in 20 years even one's bones replace themselves. I think the 2015 Lois would be better off spending the time writing something new than in diving down that endlessly extending rabbit hole. (Because, of course, ten years from now I would have yet another perspective, etc.) Also, Han shot first.
Or, of course, I could spend more time goofing off. I am very behind on my goofing off, I figure.
Ta, L.
Aside from improving the copy-editing, no. I figure those books were written by that Lois, then; they belong to her, and I shouldn't go messing about with them. They say that in 20 years even one's bones replace themselves. I think the 2015 Lois would be better off spending the time writing something new than in diving down that endlessly extending rabbit hole. (Because, of course, ten years from now I would have yet another perspective, etc.) Also, Han shot first.
Or, of course, I could spend more time goofing off. I am very behind on my goofing off, I figure.
Ta, L.
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Happy Birthday to my favorite author. Hope it was a wonderful day for you. You have brought us so much joy, laughter, and tears through your writing. Thank you, so much. Goodreads says I have to phrase this as a question, like Jeopardy, lol. The answer is; The author who created the Vorkosiverse, the Wide Green World, and the World of the Five Gods. Who is Lois McMaster Bujold?
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