Tears aren't a woman's only weapon.

Give a thing a name and it will somehow come to be.

I do know what’s been useless to me is the online fantasy name generators. I’ve tried those a few times, and they say, ‘Just hit this button and we’ll generate 50 fantasy names,’ and they all turn out to be ‘Grisknuckle’.

One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish what you write.' I never had any problem with the first one, 'You must write' - I was writing since I was a kid. But I never finished what writing.

I've been very lucky. There were times when I was afraid I would never sell another book, but I never doubted I'd write another book.

Some allies are more dangerous than enemies.

And the mystery knight should defeat all challengers and name the wolf maid the queen of love and beauty.