When reviewing my novel Dreams of the Compass Rose for the Magazine of F&SF, master fantasist Charles de Lint called it "engaging and resonant, creating a new mythology that feels so right one might be forgiven for thinking that it's the cultural heritage of some forgotten country or people that have been lost to history." This of course I take as the highest compliment, since it was indeed my sincere intent.

Some people prefer eating dessert to the main course. These people have never been really hungry.

Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.

Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow.

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.

I usually focus on the whole group of characters in any given work-in-progress, and as a result they become particularly dear to me as I delve into their innermost motivations and live out their lives.

Would you like to know your future? If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator. So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise.