I looked up at Ellen and her not-glowing pentagram. "Harm none is the rule, Ellen: bad witch, no cookie.

Some moments are perfect, and then someone comes along and f*cks it up. Ain't it always the way.

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens

No. But then the American Government--whatever branch--has never really grasped the concept of tribal identity.

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually.

I cannot do it. I cannot bear it. I cannot go back to what I was here. I cannot stand at her side and watch another take her. I am not that strong or that good.

I`m not a morning person.