Coming to grips with being a bit of a celebrity. That's not anything I ever expected to have to deal with in my life.

I'd love to get a chance to talk shop with Joss Whedon. That's pretty high up there on the list.

Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?

My granda always told me that fall's the time to root up something you don't want coming back to trouble you.' Kote mimicked the quaver of an old man's voice. 'Things are too full of life in the spring months. In the summer, they're too strong and won't let go. Autumn...' He looked around at the changing leaves on the trees. 'Autumn's the time. In autumn everything is tired and ready to die.

I decided to dub the room with the good chairs my lutery. Or perhaps my performatory. I would need a while to come up with something suitably pretentious.

Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving books you love good reviews is one of the nicest things you can do for an author. What's more it's good for the entire community.

We are more than the parts that form us.