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.

I won the only duel I ever lost.

If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.

Caffeine helps a lot. That and a certain amount of isolation.

Do you know what it's like to run spellcheck for six hours? It's like a party in purgatory. A party in purgatory where all they have to drink is sugar-free Kool-aid, and the only game to play is Monopoly, and none of your friends show up.

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.