![]() ![]() ![]() Some of my female characters are great warriors, physically strong, while others excel in public speaking, politics, healing, art or other skills. My intention is to celebrate women in all our diversity and individuality, as well as the shared experiences that bind us together. I try to give due consideration to how societies and circumstances would have shaped the personalities of my female characters. What did it take to create such characters? The women in the novel are driven by their hard-wired choices. It only amounts to a sentence in the book––a character is mentioned as being tormented by a belief that she’s made of ice––but I appreciate those sorts of fine specifics, both as a reader and a writer. For example, in this book, I introduce a version of the glass delusion, which appears to have primarily affected European nobles in the Middle Ages, causing them to believe that they were made of glass. I create these details by asking myself questions about the world, though sometimes I might find an interesting historical titbit I can work into the narrative. How are you able to bring such detailed narrative into your work?įor me, writing a fantasy novel is similar to weaving a tapestry––each character and detail is a new thread, and they all come together to form a big picture. Your latest novel is an intricately woven tome. ![]()
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