I had an idea for a story about a young woman who was living with people who were different, not just superficially different – such as hair colour, or eye colour, or skin colour – but different in some significant way. Jean M. Auel Read Quote
I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I’ve really studied it. Jean M. Auel Read Quote
I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know. Jean M. Auel Read Quote
And that’s how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I’m reading, I’m tweaking – putting in a different word, changing the syntax, putting that clause over there, you know that sort of thing. Jean M. Auel Read Quote
I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it. Jean M. Auel Read Quote
I think of my books as mainstream and that’s were most people who read them look for them in book stores. Jean M. Auel Read Quote
Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around. Jean M. Auel Read Quote
