New rule: every fantasy author who doesn't treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo.

New rule: every fantasy author who doesn't treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo.

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.

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

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

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