Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowler
Karen Joy Fowleris an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. Her work often centers on the nineteenth century, the lives of women, and alienation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth7 February 1950
CountryUnited States of America
came characters coffee complain drink filled hear hearing left life loathing trust writers
I hear so many writers say - and these are writers that I trust completely - 'I just started hearing a voice', or, 'The characters came to life'. I am filled with loathing for my own characters when I hear that because they do nothing of the sort. Left to their own devices, they do nothing but drink coffee and complain about their lives.
bled color courses gets high history irrational left lens living looked period school strange time
Often, when you look at history, at least through the lens that many of us have looked at history - high school and college courses - a lot of the color gets bled out of it. You're left with a time period that does not look as strange and irrational as the time you're actually living through.
couple gone mixed success
My books have occasionally been of mixed success. It's not like I have gone from triumph to triumph. I have had a couple of books do very, very well and a couple do very, very badly.
adjust alone aloud fool hard hear parts shout work
I do read all my work aloud as I'm working - this has made it a little hard to adjust to my husband's retirement. I can shout the shouty parts if I'm alone in the house, but of course, I feel a fool if someone is there to hear me.
assume closer creatures limited people
I assume that we are all limited by our own brains and experiences and can only understand other people and other creatures through a kind of translation that brings them closer to us.
butler good slot
Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
easily emotions filters hearts mean means rain sad senses struggling
If we see a sad rain, it doesn't mean the rain is sad, but it means we see it. That's an easily dismissible kind of projection. But what I'm struggling to say, is that we take that rain in through our own hearts and emotions and senses and skin, and all those filters have an impact.
grateful parent complaining
I thought there were moments to complain about your parents and moments to be grateful, and it was a shame to mix those moments up.
among best friend learned lost riddles skill solving talk
I learned how to comport myself among trolls, elves, hobbits or goblins. I learned that a friend can be lost to greed and avarice. I learned that solving riddles may be as important a survival skill as bowmanship. I know how to talk to a dragon, and that it's best not to.
amazing kelly
All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
I had a very loyal cult-like following, I feel. And I don't mean to complain about that.
I have always been a generous and enthusiastic reader.
I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.
best miss teacher
Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.