I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

Mr. D," Grover asked timidly, "if you're not going to eat it, could I have your Diet Coke can?

Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way our sons and daughters act in our names... well, it usually says more about THEM than it does about us.

Sounds like a plan worthy of Athena.

I turned and faced the Olympians. "We need a shroud," I announced, my voice cracking. "A shroud for the son of Hermes.

So, yeah. Our cat was a goddess. What else is new?

Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck.