One of my great passions is the collection of historical trivia.

It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.

It's possible to become so comfortable with one's style and structure that one ceases to grow.

If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

I write sets of books, but I've also written a lot of orphans.