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Marjorie Liu

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One more for the road…

Mar 19 Marjorie

I’ve been receiving a lot of books in the mail.  The magical UPS elf delivered yet another this afternoon:  The Fate of Mice by Susan Palwick, a short story collection—and oh heavens to Murgatroyd, it is a killer.  You know those writers—those storytellers—who can punch out your lights but still keep you keep coming back for more—in pain, and begging for more?  This is one of those books.  I just read one of those stories.  And it was so good, I almost couldn’t finish it.  Because I knew it was going to have a sad ending.  I knew it.  And it did.  And I almost couldn’t take it. 

Anyway.  Someone asked the other day—I think it was Mitch—about books that have changed my outlook.  I’ll rephrase that a little, and say there have been books that make me want to reinvent myself as a writer (and as a person, though that’s another discussion entirely).  Reinvention is a slightly different thing than altering one’s outlook, though the two are similar enough to almost be the same. 

Unfortunately, there are far too many books and authors I could list.  I’ve got an entire house of them—literally.  I love books.  I love words.  I love sentences.  And every time I read something, my guess is that it changes me a little.  Puts a couple extra molecules in the old brain cells that weren’t there before.  I come out the other side of a book just a little bit different.  Do that enough times, and it all adds up. 

So, no titles.  Besides, naming a special book wouldn’t mean as much without the circumstances behind the reading of it.  Life changes the interpretation; the significance of words and stories can alter over time, depending on where you are and how you are.  Of course, today I was in Indiana on a rainy day at a very good time in my life, and I read The Fate of Mice, which is definitely going into the pile of those books that make me want to be a better writer, that again remind me—as happens so often—that I’ve got a long, long, way to go with more stories, more words, and yet more changes.

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I write comic books and novels about grumpy warrior women, eccentric demons, plucky fox girls, and men who can shape-shift into tigers. If a merman or gargoyle shows up, all the better!  To learn more about me, please go here.

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