Julia
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I wonder if you have ever dreamed about any of your characters? Have they or settings/places from your books ever "showed up" in a dream, in any context? Any examples of a character from the Vorkosigan saga interacting with a character from the 5 God series? Do you recall ever having a dream that helped you figure out a plot point or given you aid in your writing? Thank you so much for considering my question.
Lois McMaster Bujold
I think they may have shown up a few times, but very seldom. I don't remember my dreams well, except for a few I'd rather forget; most of them seem to be about travel traumas. Or home repair traumas. I have spent more time in insanely snarled airports in dreams than in my waking life.
Alas, my dreams have never been any help at all in figuring out my stories, except that if I don't get enough sleep (very common these days with chronic insomnia) I can't write. Or think. Or move, much.
Which makes me wonder, does anybody else have useful dreams about my characters?
Ta, L.
I think they may have shown up a few times, but very seldom. I don't remember my dreams well, except for a few I'd rather forget; most of them seem to be about travel traumas. Or home repair traumas. I have spent more time in insanely snarled airports in dreams than in my waking life.
Alas, my dreams have never been any help at all in figuring out my stories, except that if I don't get enough sleep (very common these days with chronic insomnia) I can't write. Or think. Or move, much.
Which makes me wonder, does anybody else have useful dreams about my characters?
Ta, L.
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Gwendolyn Patton
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I noted a similarity between Barrayar and the Alta colony in Michael McCollum's Antares series -- a colony cut off from the rest of human space when a stellar event shifted their wormhole jump connection. He had evidence of alien invasion when the wormhole reopened, where you had Cetagandans after the Time of Isolation. Had you ever read that series?
Anthony Romaniw
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hey Lois. First off, praying that your surgery goes well next month! From all of us I'm sure, please stay safe! My Q is: How do you personally approach poetry? Specifically, how do you translate your experience with poetry into your writing? The 5 Gods stuff is sometimes so stunningly lyrical that I had to wonder. I'm reading Aniara by Harry Martenson and it made me think of the Cetagandans taking art to its limits.
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