Practice makes the master.

I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.

How odd to watch a mortal kindle / Then to dwindle day by day / Knowing their bright souls are tinder / And the wind will have its way

Humor is hard, hard, hard. And if you fail with humor, you don't fail halfway. You drop the ball humor-wise and everyone notices.

There is nothing I can't do writing in Fantasy. I can have romance, I can have mystery, I can have drama, I can have good characters - I can have everything you can do in any other genre... plus a dragon.

If I talk about what I'm good at, I seem like I'm a conceited egomaniac.

When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due.