Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through classes, workshops, whatever is available to you. This may be difficult, because things like classes, workshops, writing programs, require time and money. But I say this honestly and somewhat harshly – if you’re not willing to prioritize your writing, perhaps you should do something else?

It happened the way I come up with any story, which is that I took elements of my own life and put them into the story, but in a very mixed-up way.

The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it, whether it excites me.

Writers: believe! And go do the work . . .

The book[ The Thorn and The Blossom] is a love story about two people, Brendan and Evelyn, who meet in a small town in Cornwall where Evelyn has gone on vacation and Brendan is working in his father's bookstore. The story is told from both perspectives, Brendan's and Evelyn's.

I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.

Accept criticism. If you do not offer your work for criticism and accept that criticism, meaning give it serious thought and attention, then you will never improve.