Something about that whole process of building the structure of that game turned into a real kind of lightbulb moment for me as a writer.
Naomi NovikJustice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.
Naomi NovikAll of a sudden, I sort of started to feel that I was constrained by the characters as opposed to enjoying them. And that remains for me to this day the line that I know where it's like, OK, you're not writing fan fiction anymore.
Naomi NovikTemeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!
Naomi NovikThe gate is perfectly simple," Temeraire said. "There is only a bar across the fence, which one can lift very easily, and then it swings open; Nitidus could do it best, for his forehands are the smallest. Though it is difficult to keep the animals inside the pen, and the first time I learned how to open it, they all ran away," he added. "Maximus and I had to chase after them for hours and hours--it was not funny at all," he said, ruffled, sitting back on his haunches and contemplating Laurence with great indignation.
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