Research is always the best part. As we dug deeper into the history and mythology behind each of the hallows, we discovered more and more stories - some of them deserving of novels in themselves.

Making sure that the geography and timelines work is always the hardest part of writing. But you owe it to the readers to get it right!

Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail.

There really is no difference in the actual writing or plotting. I choose to tell different stories for the younger reader and, of course, I would never put sex and extreme violence in a YA book. But writing for adults and children requires the same care and attention.

And in their rush to create wonders, they have ignored the wonders all around them, ignored the mysteries, the beauty.

Marethyu stretched out his right hand and Aten took it in his. "Let me tell you this," the hook-handed man said. "We will meet again,you and I,in a different place and a different time." "You know this to be true?" "I do." "Because you have seen the future?" "Because I have been there.

Middle school's amazing. It is extraordinary. An extraordinary time.