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

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.

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

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.

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.

Gruff, ” I said, “I find myself largely clueless about why mortal women do what they do. It will take a wiser man than me to understand what’s in a fae woman’s mind.

When we have to make a list of exceptions to apply a model of womanhood, it is good to ask whether that model holds much meaning.

A genuinely caring heart always find kindness and happiness to share.

My soul crave to walk with the Creator.My spirit sought to know the will of the Creator.My mind seek to mediate on the Holy words spoken by the Creator.

Stories hold conflict and contrast, highs and lows, life and death, and the human struggle and all kinds of things.

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

Who was that fatman buried in your place? Just another imitator, plastic surgeons did his face.

Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily.

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art.

Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can.