That Bedrock Faith That I Could Write

Short-story Writing Requires An Exquisite Sense Of Balance. Novelists, Frankly, Can Get Away With More. A Novel Can Have A Dull Spot Or Two, Because The Reader Has Made A Different Commitment.

My Writing Has To Support More Than My Research Habit, But I Love To Curl Up With A Book About Some Dusty Corner Of History.

It Took Me About 12 Years To Reach My Million-word Mark. The Challenge Now Is To Continue To Challenge Myself.

If You Write, One Of The Questions You're Always Trying To Answer Is, Where Do You Get Your Ideas? And, If You Write, You Know How Pointless A Question This Is And How Difficult It Is To Answer.

During The Many Centuries That Magic, Here On This Planet, Was Presumed To Have Worked, There Were At Least As Many Theories As To How Magic Worked As There Were Cultures And Religions.