I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It's very disciplined, yes, but it's joy for me.

Fang looked at the newest bird kid. Dylan was an inch or two taller than he was, and somewhat heavier built, though he still had the long, lean look of a human-avian hybrid-you couldn't make bricks fly.

Gazzy, man, jeezum!" Fang exclaimed. "What the heck have you been eating for God's sake?" That was a smoke bomb!" Gazzy defended himself. "Not even i could fill this whole flippin' house!

There's a saying I remember from my grandmother: One today is worth two tomorrows.

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in the home: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; mothers, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it's important that your kids see you reading. Not just books - reading the newspaper is good, too.

Cats are like Baptists. You know they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it.