A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.

Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.

it's your own fault for encouraging him..., you know. Now he thinks he's a human being. Neal of Queens cove

The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.

Do we say, Oh now I'm going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages?

My heart bleeds buttermilk. -Daine

Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die