Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moonis an American science fiction and fantasy writer. Her other writing includes newspaper columns and opinion pieces. Her novel The Speed of Dark won the 2003 Nebula Award. Prior to her writing career, she served in the United States Marine Corps...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth7 March 1945
CountryUnited States of America
people normal sometimes
Sometimes I wonder how normal normal people are, and I wonder that most in the grocery store.
real feelings everyday
My personal feeling about science fiction is that it's always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world.
different sometimes hard
It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.
people hours messy
People are people, messy and mutable, combining differently with one another from day to day - even hour to hour.
character ego perception
In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.
perfect bass strings
No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.
mother feminist mind
Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.
jobs children writing
What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.
school sunday taught
I've taught Sunday school, I've sung in the choir, I directed a choir.
challenges used
I used to not back down from a challenge.
drug rattlesnakes bother
I regarded drugs as somewhat like rattlesnakes - it's possible to pick one up without getting bit, but why bother?
fantasy astronomy biomedical
I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.
heart fighting sheep
Even if a tamed wolf makes a good sheepdog, he will never understand how the sheep feel....You are most fortunate. For having been, as you thought, a coward, and helpless to fight - you know what that is like. You know what bitterness that feeling breeds - you know in your own heart what kind of evil it brings. And so you are most fit to fight it where it occurs.
struggle character chance
Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.