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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

Alan Dean Foster

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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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Concentration Connect Level Personal Special Effect
The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Avoid Find Think Way Write Writer
I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Challenge Much Myself Often Possible Try
We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Around Arrangement Atom Drift Enjoy Nothing Particle Unfile
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Assumption Dead Full Live People Universe
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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All Difficult Get Inside Mind Terrorist
An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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Apex Emptiness Surround
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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Business Convention Fantasy Make Purpose Usually World Year
I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Action Activity Already Character Engage Many Though
Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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Before Consciousness Enjoy French-fries Piece Second Split Star Tree
Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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Already Inaccessible Otherwise Read Start
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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Available Bad Future Historian Hoof Matte More
Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Advantage Bestsellers Biggest Everything Except Fallen Generally Potential
Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Carefully Danger Real Some Structure Thought Well

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