I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

The Minotaur unstrapped his axe and swung it around. It was beautiful in a harsh I’m~going~togut~you~like~a~fish kind of way. Each of its twin blades was shaped like an omega: Ω—the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Maybe that was because the axe would be the last thing his victims ever saw

We ran, plowing through another pile of peppers. [No, I didn't pick a peck of them, Sadie - just shut up.]

And it was pretty much the best underwater kiss of all time.

Destroy it?' Leo was appalled. 'You've got a life-size bronze dragon, and you want to destroy it?' 'It breathes fire,' Nyssa explained. 'It's deadly and out of control.' 'But it's a dragon!

That's what happens when it snows in Texas lady. It. Freaking. Melts.

We’ve arrived,” Leo announced. “Time to Split.” Frank groaned. “Can we leave Valdez in Croatia?