They [my characters]speak to me all the time! In fact some of them never shut up!

A good story is always a journey. It is about taking the journey, the people the hero meets along the way and how they change him or her. All stories are journeys. They don't have to be shocking or outrageous: they simply have to be interesting.

I published my first book in 1982 - a collection of Irish folklore called Irish Folk & Fairy Tales. It is still in print today. My first young adult book was published a couple of years later, and I've been writing in both genres ever since.

But magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.

In my experience, we only ever regret the things we have not done.

What you call magic is nothing more than an act of the imagination fired by the senses, then given shape by the power of your aura.

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