I think I made my first short fiction sale in 2005. I had been writing unsuccessfully before that. Ann Leckie More Quotes by Ann Leckie More Quotes From Ann Leckie Science fiction in particular is often assumed to be about the future, or about some abstract technological or philosophical idea, or just about 'adventure,' but writers can't build worlds out of nothing. We use bits and pieces of the real world to assemble our fictional ones. Ann Leckie future adventure science world One of the awesome things about being a writer is that I can research nearly anything - tea? Bubblegum? Ants? Neurology? Chocolate? Textile production? It doesn't matter. It's all productive work. Ann Leckie chocolate research work tea