If you ask 20 different readers why they read, they will all be right.

That's the great thing about doing good: Anyone can do it, any time, no waiting periods or batteries required.

If you ask 20 different readers why they read, they will all be right.

Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if so, they'll also take your magics and transformations figuratively. Either way, you're in trouble.

I believe God put that itchy spot on our backs just exactly where we can't reach it in order to encourage us be nice to each other.

Plot is a literary convention. Story is a force of nature.

Just because you’re on their side doesn’t mean they’re on your side.