216 Quotes by Ann Leckie

The lessons of slushing and editing build up over time, and you're not necessarily thinking about them while you're working, but they're in the back of your mind, probably influencing your choices.

When I'm writing, I don't really have much other guide than, 'As a reader, how would I respond to this?'

My taste in both is pretty eclectic. I do encourage people to try new and different kinds of tea if they can - there are so many different sorts, and so many, flavored or not, and there's bound to be something you like. The same with choral music, really.

When I need to get away from my desk, I tend to take walks or go places. I also like to bead - working with beads to make jewellery.

Now, I personally enjoy a really good footnote.

I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that.

'Star Trek' still - I'm kind of intrigued by the way that the standard foods of various non-humans are sometimes portrayed as downright disgusting.

If you can't access it, all the resources in the universe won't do you any good.

The 'science' in 'science fiction' isn't just physics and engineering. It can also be linguistics, anthropology, and psychology.