![]() ![]() When I started, there were a lot of false starts … I guess, technically, it took about two or three years, but actually I was sort of attempting it before that. I had the idea years and years ago and figured I couldn't write it, that I didn't have what it took to write it. : How long did it take to write?Īnn Leckie: It took a really long time, actually. ![]() So, ultimately, I decided that it was best to stick to one pronoun, but make it as clear as possible that it wasn't matching up with what everybody's gender necessarily was, to try to get that across. I thought for a long time about how to convey that, and it was difficult. But then when you sit down and put it on paper, it doesn't come across when you just say, "Oh, they don't care about gender," and then you're very careful to explain what everybody's gender is. : How did you develop the somewhat strange ideas surrounding gender in the book?Īnn Leckie: The universe that this story is in is one that I've been sort of playing with for a while, just the way you sort of play with things, and I had decided a long time ago that this particular society didn't care about gender, which is fine when you're playing with it. ![]()
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