TT Profile #7: Catherine Evleshin

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My roommate from Taos Toolbox, Catherine Evleshin, has been everywhere and done everything. And now she shares her wit and wisdom with us.

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Tamago: When did you know you wanted to be a writer?

Catherine: I still haven't decided, just like it took me a long time to realize that I was a dancer. The IRS will make those decisions, and so far, they have not been brought into my writing "career."

Tamago: Which writers are important to you?

Catherine: I adore Kim Stanley Robinson for his intellect, careful research, and inspired visions of our future. He can turn an unforgettable phrase, as well. I enjoy many other SF writers (often West Coast) who find a "mundane," plausible near-future to be an exciting thing. Much of SF is fantasy to me, although often a pleasure.

Tamago: Why is so much of your writing about the environment?

Catherine: It is the future, and trumps all other concerns, in my opinion. So many "experts" on human problems, e.g. poverty, fail to factor in resources, because of the prevailing myth that humans can solve anything if we set our minds to it. it is unthinkable that we may be doomed to suffer. Indeed, half our species is already suffering...and dying.

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