Guy Kay is probably my favorite and the writer I most want to emulate.

In teaching writing, I'm learning new things about writing.

Guy Gavriel Kays Tigana is, in my opinion, one of the best, if not the best fantasy novel ever written. Its beautifully written, the characters are unforgettable, the worldbuilding is exquisite.

Writing about craft has forced me to think more about my own writing technique, and to break down my process in ways that have been enormously helpful to me.

I write every day for most of the work day, and I try to write 2,500 words per day... If I don't make it a routine and treat it like a job, I'd never get anything done.

I listen to instrumental jazz and bluegrass, but aside from my AM workout, I have no rituals.

The closer you can get to your setting and to primary sources, the more authentic your history is going to be.

As I write, invariably I encounter more questions and answer those as I go.

I love magic and playing with magic systems. But to me, good fantasy like all fiction comes down to good character and plotting.

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it was mostly learn as you go.

The best writing advice I ever got was "Keep moving forward, don't retreat into rewrites." The worst came from a book that said "Writing fiction is like telling lies," which just seems stupid to me.

The best can never stop coming because there are always better ways of being the best.

PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.

It is not nice to play for marriage, whether your own or that of someone else, as a soda stopper. The result is the unclean of the human dignity. Respect your marriage to take care of your dignity.

Courage is being the only only one who knows how terrified you are.

Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil.

Quality of work is directly related to the quality of a person's character.

Create positive life with positive thoughts and positive words.

You just go for it and see what works. There are no rules.

I'm not a villain, I've never hurt anyone. I'm just a tawdry character who explodes now and again.

If one shoots at a king, one must not miss.