Comments on: Orbit Interview

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:26:00 +0000

Ah, you have discovered my wicked secret – I pinch them…

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:53:00 +0000

Now – what were you saying about where you get your ideas from??? *g*

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:12:00 +0000

He-he!

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:03:00 +0000

Trouble with that is only the rich could afford it I suspect. But at least the fish would be good and fresh. Come to that they could make an arrangement with Neptune to get a supply on a regular basis.

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:35:00 +0000

Ah Jo – now there’s an idea! Maybe I’ll have to use that one, one day – magicians earning their living as fish market merchants…

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:20:00 +0000

That, from a non-writer’s viewpoint, is very interesting. I had never considered you would have to really “know” your invented world although I would probably be one of the readers who would spot something terribly out of sync. On the other hand much can be forgiven in spec fic because we don’t live there so maybe fresh tuna can be transported by magic!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:36:00 +0000

Great interview, with wonderfully insightful and revealing answers. I've been pondering a bit about how who we are as individuals shapes what and how we write. For eg, I was thinking the other day about how weather/the seasons isn't in the forefront of my work -- because Australia is a very bland place, seasonally. And how I have to really stop and remember living in the UK for those 3 years, to cue my head/imagination back into that.

Sometimes it's really important for us to stop and challenge our default positions/assumptions -- or we turn into fish who don't see the water we're swimming in.

Your point about how being the constant outsider equips you with an acute sense of community is spot on, and helps to explain why your world building is consistently brilliant.