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.

Ive tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.

That worked great! Thank you so much. What next?" "I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it." "Oh.

Do you know why happily ever after is a lie?" Snow asked. "Because life is change.

Like any child raised on tales of magical worlds beyond paintings and mirrors and wardrobes, I had yearned to enter Middle Earth, to reach through.

Freedom of religion does not give you the right to physically or verbally assault people.

...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church.