I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

Don't assume the world evolved in the order in which you discovered it.

Often I'll try things that just won't happen the way I'd like them to, so hearing that they're not working saves me some wear and tear the next time around.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.

The world is much larger than I once dreamed, or perhaps my place in it is smaller than I once realized.