Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

Nodding, Cery strode to the door and stepped through. Though the burly guards eyes him suspiciously, Cery smiled back. Never make enemies of someone's lackeys, his father had taught him. Better still, make them like you a lot.

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams

Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.

Unquestioning obedience is for slaves, the uneducated and the pathetic.

Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.