It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.

I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.

It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.

The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.

I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned

I smiled,"Deoch, my heart is made of stronger stuff than glass. When she strikes she'll find it strong as iron-bound brass, or gold and adamant together mixed. Don't think I am unaware, some startled deer to stand transfixed by hunter's horns. It's she who should take care, for when she strikes, my heart will make a sound so beautiful and bright that it can't help but bring her back to me in winged light.

I don't speak fluent bumpkin.