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

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

Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.

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

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.

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.

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