Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made.

It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission.

Humor is important for is pacing. If your whole book is just drama drama drama, it's going to wear down the reader.

Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that it frightened them late at night.

If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one.

Elodin looked at me. "What a remarkably honest threat," he said. "Normally they're much more growlish and gristly than that." "Gristly?" I asked, emphasizing the 't.' "Don't you mean grisly?" "Both," he said. "Usually there's a lot of, 'I'll break your knees. I'll break your neck.'" He shrugged. "Makes me think of gristle, like when you're boning a chicken.

I've never really understood the desire people have to quantify a baby. "He's X big and Y long," As if the baby is a fish you're not sure you're going to keep. Or some prize potato you're hoping will win a prize at the county fair.