Bullying is not okay. Period.

This presents a serious question." They both looked at me. "What's that?" asked Lena. "Whether to start you off with a Doctor Who marathon or dive straight into Firefly.

Torches," Porak ordered. "This is dumb," Jig grumbled as one of the others handed out torches. "Why not run ahead and warn any intruders that we're coming? Maybe we should sing, too, in case they're blind.

That is a trial I must face," Veka said. "No, that is a multiheaded snake thing, Jig snapped.

I've found that there's a pretty wide range of silly. I don't want to do outright parody, because I like keeping my own characters and stories at the core of the books. And to be honest, I'm not smart enough to do the kind of wickedly sharp satire you get from someone like Pratchett.

Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.

If I'm making myself laugh, I figure most of my readers will be amused as well.