Long ago I dreamed of being a hero in your company" Halli said Huskily "I'm sorry to say your reality disappoints me

As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don't like. You spend most of your life locked in a room, and you need to be social occasionally.

That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland

Burned and squashed to death in a silver vat of soup. There must be worst ways to go. But not many.

Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them.

Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.

Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.