How odd to watch a mortal kindle / Then to dwindle day by day / Knowing their bright souls are tinder / And the wind will have its way.

The boy grows upward, but the girl grows up..

Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning..

If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true to the reader. That said, humor writing ….

The way I cook it's more like mad science. There's a lot of inspiration and dramatic failure with the occasional gorgeous success..

We need to read good books, and for that to happen, we need to share good books..

Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault..

I love worldbuilding. It's as much fun for me as writing itself. It's like a hobby of mine..

85% of modern music doesn't have a damn thing to do with music. It has to do with looking good. Name me one woman on the top ten right now who isn't ….

Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly,….

My mom once lost track of me at the zoo and when she found me I was lecturing a man about the difference between dromedary and Bactrian camels. I was….

My thought is, if you're a book lover, you're going to enjoy winning a book even if it's not something you'd ordinarily pick up on your own. It's a c….

There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience..

I grew up reading Tolkien, and I love him. But I love him in the way that you love that rambly old grandfather. You have to sit through some pretty o….

Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is….

I was nervous about writing Slow Regard..

The truth is I've worked a lot of things people would consider shitty jobs but I've never really hated any of them..

I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both m….

Truth is a troublesome motherfucker unless it's handled properly.

I was reluctant to talk about my kids on the blog. I kept telling myself, "People aren't coming here for stories about your kids. They want to hear a….

Elodin proved a difficult man to find. He had an office in Hollows, but never seemed to use it. When I visited Ledgers and Lists, I discovered he onl….