The reader wants to see something happen between pages one and four hundred, and nothing happens if the characters don't change.

The reader wants to see something happen between pages one and four hundred, and nothing happens if the characters don't change.

Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.

Deception is mostly a game we play with ourselves.

If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you.

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.

When she cried, he would say, "there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.