You want to publish with a publisher because a publisher knows how to publish a book. And you don't. You really don't.

I need you to breathe for me.

I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them.

But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough?

Fantasy is my favorite genre for reading and writing. We have more options than anyone else, and the best props and special effects. That means if you want to write a fantasy story with Norse gods, sentient robots, and telepathic dinosaurs, you can do just that. Want to throw in a vampire and a lesbian unicorn while you're at it? Go ahead.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.