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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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Trudi Canavan
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: October 23
Graphic Designer
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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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If your appearance is all people see, they have no respect for your mind.
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He had given her too much. He had given her everything.
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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.
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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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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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Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.
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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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I always love writing the third book in a series because you get to tie up all the threads that you put out in the first two books. You finally let people know what really happens and reveal all the secrets and bring certain characters together.
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Happy endings are a luxury of fiction
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Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.
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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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I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.
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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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It was impossible to imagine the aloof, dignified, powerful High Lord living as, of all things, a slave.
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It is said, in Imardin, that the wind has a soul, and that it wails through the narrow streets because it is grieved by what it finds there.
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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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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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