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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

Nora K. Jemisin

When I start a new novel, I often write 'test chapters' in different tenses and from different points of view in order to figure out which is best to tell the tale.

Best Chapters Different Tenses New New Novel Points Start Tell Test View

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I was raised to be very wary of the police. I was raised to stay away from them unless you absolutely have to. Because they're dangerous.

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I would love to just write and not have everything I say or do turn into a political battle.

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I write for myself – but it is nice when other people like it, too!

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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small – a locked room-style story.

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It's hard out here for a fantasy writer, after all; there's all these 'rules' I'm supposed to follow, or the Fantasy Police might come and make me do hard labor in the Cold Iron Mines.

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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.

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In the 'Dreamblood' books, I'm focusing more on what I like about epic fantasy: the layering and depth of tension; the chance to really delve into the minutia of an alternate society and its politics; a large cast of characters to love and hate.

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I am a linear thinker in a lot of ways.

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I've always believed that as an artist, as a writer, you need a lot of contact with other people to make your art good.

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My first series, the 'Inheritance' trilogy, in the first book, you were dealing with a woman of color from an impoverished culture, being brought up among wealthy, privileged white people and having to cope and perform in ways that she has not been raised to do, and that was obviously drawn from some personal experiences.

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