When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking. Sarah Zettel More Quotes by Sarah Zettel More Quotes From Sarah Zettel I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind. Sarah Zettel michigancommunicationeducation For an author to show that only traditional male power and place matter is to discount and belittle the hard and complex lives of our peers and our ancestresses. Sarah Zettel peersmalesmatter Fortunately, many people also enjoy a stand-alone as a sample of something new, like trying the special at a favourite restaurant one night instead of going for the usual. Sarah Zettel tryingnightpeople I did not feel I could create a more beautiful or interesting Mars than Kim Stanley Robinson or Greg Bear had, so I turned my attention elsewhere. Sarah Zettel bearsbeautifulinteresting First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics. Sarah Zettel invasionstorieslife So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality and proper use of natural resources that were radically different from ours, as the Europeans were from the American Indians. Sarah Zettel creatinguseideas I think the diversity of authors and readers is expanding, which is wonderful, because it means the type of story being told is also expanding. Sarah Zettel diversitymeanthinking I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror. Sarah Zettel novelistsstoriesscience I'm told my SF is of the hard variety and my Fantasy is romantic but hopefully all the characters are strong and the plots are lively. Sarah Zettel plotstrongcharacter Now, of course, the great thing about the solar system as a frontier is that there are no Indians, so you can have all the glory of the myth of the American westward expansion without any of the guilt. Sarah Zettel expansionguiltglory Octavia Butler, of course, is brilliant and disturbing. Sarah Zettel butlerscoursesbrilliant The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies. Sarah Zettel fantasymovielord When I was in college, I spent a summer working in London. I'd enjoyed tea before that, but then I got actual, really good tea there and never looked back. Sarah Zettel collegesummertea My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl. Sarah Zettel sour-milkmorningnight Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers. Sarah Zettel challengeslifefiction Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work. Sarah Zettel storiesworkideas I myself was born in Sacramento, California in 1966. Sarah Zettel sacramentocaliforniaborn I feel SF is going through an experimental phase right now. Sarah Zettel phasesright-nowfeels If I get blocked, it is generally because I don't know enough about some aspect of the story or the characters. The answer for this is generally more research, or making more background notes, so the place and person can be more fully realized inside my own mind. Sarah Zettel storiesmindcharacter I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus. Sarah Zettel moonracewriting
