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“I hardly ever work from a synopsis -- I find they act like chains.”

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Tanith Lee (September 19, 1947 – May 24, 2015) was a British writer of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Known for her vivid imagination, lyrical prose, and subversive reinterpretations of traditional genres, she often blended mythology, Gothic elements, and feminist perspectives. Her notable works include the 'Flat Earth' series and 'The Silver Metal Lover'. She won multiple awards, including the World Fantasy Award and British Fantasy Award. Over her career, she authored more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, leaving a lasting impact on speculative fiction. more

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“I am interested in most mythology. Celtic or Christian no more than anything else. I will admit to a pleasure and sense of hope in what I see as the basic teachings of Christ, stripped of the nonsense that has sometimes been accumulated about them and the embarrassing misunderstanding.”

Sometimes Christian Christ Pleasure Teaching Mythology Nonsense Embarrassing Misunderstanding Celtic

Author:Tanith Lee

“I simply write what I want, wish, long to write.... The state of human life and the god or demon within. The constant internal war that being alive can conjure.”

Want Writing Humans Long War States Wish Alive Constant Human Life Demon Internals

Author:Tanith Lee

“The worst vulgarity is to avoid vulgarity solely on the grounds that it is vulgar.”

Worst Vulgar Vulgarity Vulgarity Is

Book:The Silver Metal Lover

Source: The Silver Metal Lover

“In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of "normal" work. In my twenties some of my work for children was published by Macmillan. However, I was twenty-seven before my adult novel, The Birthgrave, was taken by DAW Books in the USA. This enabled me finally to stop doing stupid and soul-killing jobs, and start working day and night as a professional writer. It felt like a rescue from damnation, and still does.”

“If anyone ever wonders why there's nothing coming from me, it's not my fault. I'm doing the work. No, I haven't deteriorated or gone insane. Suddenly, I just can't get anything into print. And apparently I'm not alone in this. There are people of very high standing, authors who are having problems. So I have been told. In my own case, the more disturbing element is the editor-in-chief who said to me, "I think this book is terrific. It ought to be in print. I can't publish it -- I've been told I mustn't." The indication is that I'm not writing what people want to read, but I never did.”

“Flat or round, there has always been hate in the world.”

World Hate Rounds Flats

Book:Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness Night's Master Death's Master Delusion's Master

Source: Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness Night's Master Death's Master Delusion's Master

“We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests. And that's where I put myself: as a storyteller. Not necessarily a high priestess, but certainly the storyteller. And I would love to be the storyteller of the tribe.”

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Author:Tanith Lee

“Danger and anger are everywhere. Love is the rarity, the gem buried in the core of the mine, the outpost of God.”

Love Is Danger Mines Core Buried Gems Rarity

Book:Metallic Love

Source: Metallic Love

“Some writers, of course, simply write, as they feel they are driven to do, by outer/inner inspirations. If, after the work is written and, hopefully, published, others respond -- that is the Champagne. But we, or some of us, don't write for the Champagne. We write because we write.”

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Author:Tanith Lee

“The so-called Real World. Human misery and sadness. Blind politics and general cruelty.”

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Author:Tanith Lee