“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.” WantWritingStoriesEarthRaceMoonCapableMarsInvasionVenus Author:Sarah Zettel
“Actually, after while, finding the ideas is the easy part. Sorting them through and turning them into stories, now, that's the hard work.” IdeasHardStoriesEasyWorkHard WorkFindingsSorting Author:Sarah Zettel
“As far as the writing goes, I started telling stories as soon as I could talk, and started writing them down as soon as I could string words together.” WritingStoriesTogetherStringsTelling Stories Author:Sarah Zettel
“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.” IfsLifeFirstsStoriesFoundQuietEvidenceContactAliensInvasionFirst ContactAlien Life Author:Sarah Zettel
“I think people enjoy a series. When you like a story, many readers want more of the same, which is dandy, if the author and the characters have more to say.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantCharacterStoriesEnjoyReaderSeriesDandy Author:Sarah Zettel
“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.” ThinkingMeanStoriesWonderfulTypeReaderDiversityExpanding Author:Sarah Zettel
“I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.” StoriesScienceFictionFantasyWrittenHorrorScience FictionThese DaysNovelistsShort Story Author:Sarah Zettel
“I describe my plots as follows; A character is walking down the street when all of a sudden a piano falls on them. They spend the rest of the story digging out from under that piano. How they dig, how long and how well, this all depends entirely on the character.” WellsLongCharacterStoriesFallStreetsDependsWalkingPianoPlotDigging Author:Sarah Zettel
“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.” IfsKnowsMindPersonsEnoughCharacterStoriesMy OwnAnswersResearchAspectNotesBackgroundsBlocked Author:Sarah Zettel
