There is nothing that compares to an unexpected round of applause.

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.

I'm a writer first and an editor second... or maybe third or even fourth. Successful editing requires a very specific set of skills, and I don't claim to have all of them at my command.

Im always trolling for trivia.

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

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.