I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really studied it. Jean M. Auel backgroundcharactereasily Change image and share on social
I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know. Jean M. Auel charactermoveread Change image and share on social
It took some time to gather the research and develop it into the storyline, and to finally finish an origin myth poem that I had been working on for twenty years. Jean M. Auel developfinallyfinish Change image and share on social
I can't tell you any more than any other writer can tell you why they write, and I don't know what my influences are. Jean M. Auel influencewritewriter Change image and share on social
Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive. Jean M. Auel letterpositiveprimarily Change image and share on social
Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics. Jean M. Auel archaeologyastronomybase share on social
From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me. Jean M. Auel begindriveidea Change image and share on social
Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy. Jean M. Auel closefantasyfiction Change image and share on social
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 coloureyehair share on social
