All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

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

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

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

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