Passing parade.
Feb. 27th, 2006 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
richjobOctavia Butler.
http://www.sfwa.org/members/butler/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Butler
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=216765
Clearly influential, hugely important in SF&F. First SF writer to be given a genius grant.
Everybody else has spoken about Don Knotts and the guy from Gunsmoke. And the other guy.
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http://www.sfwa.org/members/butler/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavia_Butler
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=216765
Clearly influential, hugely important in SF&F. First SF writer to be given a genius grant.
Everybody else has spoken about Don Knotts and the guy from Gunsmoke. And the other guy.
:(
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Date: 2006-02-28 04:32 am (UTC)She made me believe I had a shot at being a successful writer.
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Date: 2006-02-28 05:20 am (UTC)Writng successfully is bloody hard and frustrating work. You certainly don't lack in the imagination stakes.
Appreciate your comment.