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 a…

- Sarah Zettel

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, o…

- Sarah Zettel

I suppose if I was to have to pick a few, Ursula LeGuin would have to top the list. It was while reading her work that I decided I wanted to be an au…

- Sarah Zettel

I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doi…

- 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.

- Sarah Zettel

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 o…

- 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 d…

- Sarah Zettel

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

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 …

- Sarah Zettel