What was the biggest change for you, as an... â€� Laini Taylor Q&A

Daniel Rozin asked Laini Taylor:

What was the biggest change for you, as an author, to set your new duology in a different world than the one in the "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" trilogy? And what interested you most about the new world of "Strange the Dreamer"?

Laini Taylor Building a whole new world was both a lot of fun and a lot of work! With making a new world, I'm looking for a balance between new/strange and familiar enough that it's not constant work for the reader. You know, if every single thing were brand new and unfamiliar, it would be exhausting. There would be so much explanation and description to read. It's a no-go. And yet I do want it to feel new and strange, so I'll try to find a few things that work as cues that we're in unfamiliar territory, like the humans in this world having two hearts, etc.
The idea of "Weep," this lost city, and what happened to it and to its name was exciting as I set out writing this book :)

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