Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.

You can either give in to what youre feeling, just say ‘okay, enough is enough’ and be done with it, or you can fight it.

After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.

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

You can get away with breaking all of the other rules at least once in a while, but you can't get away with breaking this one. Readers will accept almost anything from you if you don't make them feel they have wasted their time and money. Remember, you can bore readers in a lot of different ways. It doesn't necessarily take a dearth of action; too much action can get you the same result. Everything in writing, like in life, requires balance.

Who would you be but who you are?