We're all homos. Homo sapiens.

You must learn to heed your senses. Humans use but a tiny percentage of theirs. They barely look, they rarely listen, they never smell, and they think that they can only experience feelings through their skin. But they talk, oh, do they talk.

Good or bad is a matter of perspective. I met an immortal hunami once, a man called William Shakespeare, who wrote that there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

Villains often more the story along while the heros react to the villains, so the villain becomes the engine of the story.

He came to a decision and looked at Dagon before climbing into the car. "Find the Disir." Dagon stiffened, showing a rare sign of emotion. "Is that wise?" he asked. "It is neccessary.

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!

I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the myths and legends in the books.