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" Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted? "

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" Any writer kind of who knows what they're doing goes forth and grabs a copy of an issue of something that they want to be published in, or they skim it online. They read what that market has been doing. They see a particular flavor of fiction. "

" A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky. "

" It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode. "

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" It takes practice to do anything unique within this field, period, in writing, practice doing anything unique in writing. "

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" There's a thriving field of self-published stuff in, particularly, black fiction. I don't know that other groups of people of color have that same recourse. "

" Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended. "

" 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. "

" Reactionary movements can't sustain themselves unless they find something new to catch and burn on. "

" I read a lot of history for fun. "

" 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. "

" To some degree, as I move outside of the exclusive genre audience, the exclusive genre issues don't bother me as much. Maybe that's just speculation. "

" 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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" Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't. "

" All people who grew up with science fiction and fantasy and horror went through the whole acculturation process of the genre. We were all told to read the golden age writers. We were all told Heinlein and Asimov and all these straight, white males, although some of them were Jewish. "

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" Knowing about authors' beliefs helps you understand how those beliefs influence their writing, and things you thought meant one thing, once you've got enough information about that writer, you suddenly realize mean an entirely different thing. That makes a difference. "