I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

Humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader.

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

I love worldbuilding. It's as much fun for me as writing itself. It's like a hobby of mine.

Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.

Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is a magical act.