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.

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.

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.

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

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

I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.