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When I work on a novel, I usually have one character and a setting in mind. -- Kevin Henkes
Embrace's infant warmers are a novel solution. The product has been designed specifically for resource-constrained settings. -- Jane Chen
I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care. -- Elizabeth George
However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned. -- Helen Dunmore
I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting. -- Sidney Sheldon
If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it. -- Patrick Ness
I use the setting of a small rural Norwegian community - the kind of place that I know so intimately. I could never write a novel set in a big city, because, frankly, I don't know what it would be like. -- Karin Fossum
I like to know the places I write about. I feel like it helps me ground the novel. My novels are 'realistic novels,' but they can also be fantastical, so it's nice to have a setting that grounds them a little bit. -- John Green
My first published novel was 'Mother of Demons,' which is simply 'The High Crusade' standing on its head. Poul Anderson placed his medieval human heroes in a futuristic alien setting; I placed my futuristic human heroes in a bronze age alien setting. -- Eric Flint
Star Wars,' 'Doctor Who,' 'Forgotten Realms,' even 'Firefly' and 'The X-Files' have shared world novels and other media. I can't help but notice these settings have large shelf space in bookstores, so their publishers and authors are getting something right. -- David Conyers
In 2011, I did an internship in Seven Dials, a junction in London where seven roads come together. I'd given up on writing after multiple rejections for my first novel, and I was starting to consider a career in publishing instead, but Seven Dials gave me such a strong idea for a setting that I couldn't resist picking up my pen again. -- Samantha Shannon
In Baltimore, I was walking with a friend who was playing at a pub he kept referring to as the Horse. But when I saw the sign 'The Horse You Came In On' - I thought, 'My God.' I had no intention of ever setting a Jury novel in the U.S., but when I saw that, I thought, 'That's it.' The names are very important. -- Martha Grimes
Jekyll and Hyde, in particular, is such an important novel in terms of suspense and setting a perfect scene for crime -- Alanna Knight
A creative idea will be defined simply as one that is both novel and useful or influential in a particular social setting. -- Alice Weaver Flaherty
I think The Nightingale is my best, most mature, most moving novel, but maybe that's just because I love these characters. I love the setting. -- Megan Chance

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