Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents couldn't appreciate her music - it wouldn't appear to be hard work to them. Menolly shook her hands, letting them flap from her wrists. They ached and trembled from the constricted movements and tension of an hour of intensive playing. No, her parents would never understand that playing musical instruments could be as hard work as sailing or fishing.

The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept

I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!

But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible