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" I started writing 'God's War' knowing that I wanted to write about real people on a resource-strapped planet at perpetual war. "

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" What I found so captivating about the idea of being a writer was having the ability to write down all these things I made up in my head so other people could see them. "

" Before I wrote 'God's War,' I probably did eight years of research into the Middle East, Judaism, Islam, Catholicisim, and all sorts of fabulous other things. "

" My parents both worked full-time flipping burgers at the local fast-food joint, and my grandmother looked after us. English was her second language, so instead of books, I learned spoken French nursery rhymes and curse words. "

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" When we see sexist and racist behavior, the only way to change that is also to point it out and make it clear that it's not okay. "

" Novel writing, like so many things in life, is an iterative process. You come at it again and again, working at it like you would a piece of pottery or a stone sculpture, chipping away the parts that don't make sense, smoothing over the rough edges. "

" I enjoy challenging myself in new and different ways. "

" Know that you're gonna screw up, and be OK with it, and do better next time. "

" Historically, science-fiction and fantasy literature is no stranger to controversy, but it has learned how to adapt and endure. "

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" I think that there's this idea - especially for male readers, but female readers as well, because we're all indoctrinated, right? - where there's this idea that if a woman is tough, it can only be in a way that is still sexy. "

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" If your entire conception of what's possible in fantasy only comes from other fantasy books, you're going to go on to create a copy of a copy of a copy. There's nothing original there, nothing dynamic. Which is fine if that's your goal, but I've always wanted to do something no one else was doing before. "

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