Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline A. Carey is an American writer, primarily of fantasy fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
errors suits problem
That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made errors, argued ambiguities, and twisted meanings to suit our own ends. And in doing so, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves.
mistake errors gross
But slight mistakes accumulate, and grow to gross errors if unchecked.
absence experience genre human leave noticed sexuality
When I started really writing fantasy, one of the things I noticed was a real absence of sexuality in the genre at all. And it's such a profound part of the human experience that it's a really big thing to leave out.
great kept looked novel soap sort taking utterly
I started a novel in the back of a notebook, and it was great because it looked like I was taking notes. And I just, I kept it up, it was sort of fantasy, it was part soap opera. It was utterly dreadful, but that's how I got hooked.
lucy stepping wardrobe
I have always loved fantasy; I think probably stepping through the wardrobe with Lucy in C.S. Lewis's 'Narnia Chronicles' was my first exposure when I was really little.
access agent huge literary tremendous work
Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.
consider fiction mainstream science work
I don't really consider my work, on the whole, 'fringe' in my own mind; science fiction and fantasy have been pretty solidly in the mainstream for a while.
gauges
One must gauge one's trust carefully.
loss true-value values
Truly, it is in loss that we learn a thing's true value.
shadow
What is fear but courage's shadow?
bears chains hardest
Some chains are forged for us - those are the hardest to bear.
hands cold poignant
Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.
dream half wells
Well, I was living it, but a shared dream half-lived is a hollow thing
character tales figures
Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?