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I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That is one of the great advantages of having wandered around the world and lived in so many places and met such fascinating people.

I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with.

I've been traveling the world and experiencing different places, and you always discover new things.

For the traditional fantasies, a lot more of my research comes from reading rather than doing. I like my worlds to feel real, so I do a lot of world building research.

I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.

I have always focused on basic research, motivated by a desire to understand the world.

When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.