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

The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.

An editor named Kerrie Hughes wanted me to write a short story that brought my fire-spider Smudge from my goblin books into the present-day world. I came up with libriomancy as a way to make that happen.

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.

If we ruled the world, I guarantee you they never would have cancelled Firefly

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

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.