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Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.
Trudi Canavan
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Trudi Canavan
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 23
Graphic Designer
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I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.
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Happy endings are a luxury of fiction
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Though I can’t help feeling a sudden death cheats you of something. Death is an experience of life. You only get one death. I would like to be aware it was happening, even if that did mean enduring pain and fear.
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Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.
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So what were you [Sonea] and Dorrien discussing before?' Akkarin asked. She turned to regard him. 'Discussing?' 'Outside the farmhouse when I was buying the food.' 'Oh. Then. Nothing.' He smiled and nodded. 'Nothing. Amazing subject, that one. Produces such fascinating reactions in people.
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Akkarin: I watched the first woman I loved die. I dont think I can survive losing the second. Sonea: I love you too.
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He had given her too much. He had given her everything.
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Cery: So, Hem, tell me why I shouldn't see how many holes I need to make before you start leaking money?
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Extending his senses, Lorkin tried again to hear his mother’s surface thoughts. What he picked up seemed too out of character, however. He must be imagining it. Though…it was also odd that he would imagine his mother thinking such a string of curse words.
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The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to follow the same rules as this world, from gravity to how human behaviour works. If you have a fantasy element that doesnt obey the laws of physics, make sure that it has a fantasy explanation.
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Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.
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I still recommend reading travel guides as an insight to a travellers perspective on fantasy worlds. Nearly all characters end up travelling at some point, and they have many of the same needs and concerns covered in travel guides.
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The Magicians Apprentice was about someone from the low end of society manifesting magical power and how that completely messes up the balance of the whole system.
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It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.
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Great. She shook her head. Not only am I having conversations with myself, but now I'm refusing to talk to me. This has got to be the first sign of madness.
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Tayend nodded. “I know it won’t. I admit I was worried about you, but you are still your old self, underneath.” Dannyl straightened in protest. “Underneath what?” The Elyne stood up, waving one hand in Dannyl’s direction. “All…that.” “I’m reeling at your descriptive clarity,” Dannyl told him.
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Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.
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There's always a bit of truth in each rumour, the trouble is finding out which bit. - Tayend
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Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams
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