I write at a standing desk, which has helped me be much more productive and solved some back problems, but mostly all my quirky habits have to do with procrastination and avoidance rather than with work. I'm slowly trying to stamp those out.

I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.

When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off.

We write dust epitaphs for our vanquished enemies and watch them blow away in the desert wind.

Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans.

Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?

For pleasure, I'll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that's fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without any clear focus.