I don;t think there's anything wrong with being a dreamer. There is not. But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.

I believe you have my umbrella" he says, almost out of breath but wearing a grin that has too much wolf in it to be properly sheepish.

Scent is often underestimated, when it can be the most evocative.

All empires fall eventually. It is the way of things.

It is likely to make us think we are not caged. We cannot feel the bars unless we push against them.

I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others.

I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can't always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I'm not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated.