Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea about writing: that it can be done, and d….

The only thing worth thinking about, when I write a story, is whether I like it, whether I want to write it, whether it excites me..

I loved writing something I'd never written before, and I wanted to write not just about "true love" but also a human relationship..

That sort of effort has to come not only from the writer but also from a really innovative publisher like Quirk..

I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into a nice, long nove….

What writers do - everything comes from inside, from experiences of the world that we have digested. And then we turn it into silk, or stories..

Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether it’s through classes, workshops, whatever is available to you. This ….

If readers like The Thorn and the Blossom, which I would call literary fantasy, I think they would like books such as Elizabeth Hand's Mortal Love, C….

I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it..

In the Forest of Forgetting do you remember any romances? All the relationships in those stories are dark and twisted - people fall in love, but they….

I loved writing something people usually have - miscommunication, for example. Now that I've written a romance, I'm sure I'll write more: it's fascin….

I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some of my own anxieties about the academic life!.

It's appropriate to have magic in a love story, because magic is a sort of metaphor for what love feels like? When we fall in love, the world feels m….

I'm writinng my first full-length novel, which is based on a novella I wrote called "The Mad Scientist's Daughter." I'm having a wonderful time with ….

I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan called for two 7,500 word stories….

Read a lot. But read as a writer, to see how other writers are doing it. And make your knowledge of literature in English as deep and broad as you ca….

I co-edited an anthology called Interfictions with Delia Sherman and wrote a short scholarly book on three women poets called Voices from Fairyland: ….

Accept criticism. If you do not offer your work for criticism and accept that criticism, meaning give it serious thought and attention, then you will….

So much work went into this book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"] - you can probably tell from looking at the art and overall design..

The appeal of writing a romance was that I'd never written one before the The Thorn and The Blossom..

Perhaps it’s when you come to the realization that the point of life isn’t to be rich, or secure, or even to be loved - to be any of the things that ….