author of science fiction
and fantasy
works. Bujold is one of the most acclaimed writers in her field, having won the prestigious Hugo Award
for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein
's record. Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award
. In the fantasy genre, The Curse of Chalion
won the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature and was nominated for the 2002 World Fantasy Award
for best novel, and both her fourth Hugo Award and second Nebula Award were for Paladin of Souls
.
It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.
I've described my usual writing process as scrambling from peak to peak on inspiration through foggy valleys of despised logic. Inspiration is better — when you can get it.
There is a very ancient rule of thumb that states, people tend to get promoted to the level of their incompetence.
Those who can, do; those who can't, teach. And those who can't teach, go into administration.
God's not here. Somebody's got to fill in.
Just because we're adults doesn't automatically mean we can save you...
If you ever have to make a choice between learning and inspiration, choose learning. It works more of the time.