Lois McMaster Bujold
Lots of tropes. I was thinking recently about how much I like the Smart Sidekick characters (infinitely more than jock heroes, ferex), although I'm not sure that's a trope, exactly. Smart heroes are good too, when one can get them. Well-done angsty backstories can lure me in (badly done ones, not so much), with characters eventually triumphing over same to earn their happy endings.
Also a sucker for hurt-comfort, which seems a very female taste. If anybody can explain this one... I can't, and I share it.
Guilty pleasures also change over time. At present, anime, manga, and fanfic seem to top the list. Selectively; I'm pretty picky, now I've completed the initial discovery/survey phase. Next year, who knows?
Ta, L.
Also a sucker for hurt-comfort, which seems a very female taste. If anybody can explain this one... I can't, and I share it.
Guilty pleasures also change over time. At present, anime, manga, and fanfic seem to top the list. Selectively; I'm pretty picky, now I've completed the initial discovery/survey phase. Next year, who knows?
Ta, L.
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Andrew
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
What are the demographics of your biggest fans? Obviously it must vary by novel, but there's probably a strong center of fans who are parents or of parenting age, given how family (and dynamics thereof) is a recurring theme in your work. Indeed, one of the top questions on Goodreads is about your family. Your portrayal of family dynamics makes your stories powerful as well as fresh in the SF market, in my opinion.
Marie
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Have you ever thought about writing about Barrayar's rediscovery? I imagine an excited Betan Astronomical Survey thinking they'd discovered a new planet, then being utterly stumped. Or the locals, suddenly being visited from outer space! (I'm surprised I haven't found any fanfic dealing with that).
Cameron David
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
I was reading a thread (https://bit.ly/3FKJuMs) on how it was once considered prestigious for women in China to spend their entire lives - or as much time as possible - in decorated, raised canopy beds, and instantly thought back to float-chairs. The described attitude towards them especially seemed similar, as did one of the stories about the practice related in the post. Was this tradition an inspiration?
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