Jeff Vandermeer
Jeff Vandermeer
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" VanderMeeris an American New York Times Best Selling writer, editor, teacher, and publisher. He has won the Nebula Award, Rhysling Award, British Fantasy Award, BSFA Award, the World Fantasy Award three times, and has been a finalist for the Hugo Award...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 July 1968
CountryUnited States of America
what-if purpose invisible
But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to render invisible so many other things?
writing way mood
The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.
dream inspiration special
Dreams, though, are just one kind of inspiration - no more or less special than something in a newspaper article or from the world around you sparking inspiration.
ipods band type
There's also a lot of gritty Americana type of bands. I actually have a lot of Britpop on my iPod, too.
reality trying world
That's how the madness of the world tries to colonize you: from the outside in, forcing you to live in its reality.
taken reality events
When we wake, it is because something, some event, some pinprick even, disturbs the edges of what we’ve taken as reality.
serious tasks stills
You can be deeply non-serious and still focused, disciplined, and on task.
goal mind fiction
Imbuing fiction with a life that extends beyond the last word is in some ways the goal: the ending that goes beyond the ending in the reader's mind, so invested are they in the story.
self brain desire
Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective—even in a vacuum, even if all that possessed the brain was a self-immolating desire for the truth.
long answers ruins
Some questions will ruin you if you are denied the answer long enough.
play guitar instruments
If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar.
games play musical
All musical talent is absent in me, to the point of being unable to play board games that require you to hum a tune while others guess what it is, since all my humming sounds the same. Musical instruments have always seemed like alien artifacts to me, even as I really admire anyone who can play one.
important fiction might
Cross-pollination and "contamination" is really important to the health of fiction, and sometimes it's a literal conversation, too, in that writers who might never otherwise meet and talk do so because of our anthologies.
believe writing creative
I believe the best creative writing lessons live in the specifics.