Writing Is A Solitary Occupation.

A Man Does Not See Where He Treads In Battle, For He Is Watching The Enemy.

I'll Happily Mentor Anyone Who Wants Mentoring, And Most Of That Goes On By Internet Rather Than Face To Face.

There Are Seasons Of Our Lives When Nothing Seems To Be Happening, When No Smoke Betrays A Burned Town Or Homestead And Few Tears Are Shed For The Newly Dead. I Have Learned Not To Trust Those Times, Because If The World Is At Peace Then It Means Someone Is Planning War.

I Sometimes Wonder What Would Have Happened If The First Book Had Not Sold... Doesn't Bear Thinking About, But I Suppose We'd Have Made It Work Somehow.

But When You Have Order, You Don't Need Gods. When Everything Is Well Ordered And Disciplined Then Nothing Is Unexpected. If You Understand Everything,' I Said Carefully, 'then There's No Room Left For Magic. It's Only When You're Lost And Frightened And In The Dark That You Call On The Gods, And They Like Us To Call On Them. It Makes Them Feel Powerful, And That's Why They Like Us To Live In Chaos.