When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.

After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.

What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves that they are honored to serve. It's not giving up your family.

This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes.

I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.