Your music can be played easily and well by any half-stringed harper or fumble-fingered idiot. Not that I'm maligning your songs. It's just that they're an entirely different kettle of fish-to use a seamanly metaphor-to Domick's. Don't you judge your songs against his standard! More people have already listened to your melodies and liked them than will ever hear Domick's, much less like them.

The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated

I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well

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'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.

I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom

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