I'm used to writing fairy tales that can be somewhat dark, and the truth is that in fairy tales, romances are always problematic. They may end happil….

I see so many talented writers who have difficulties with that. And if you don't believe it's important, you won't put in the work you need to..

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 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….

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

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 ….

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

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….

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….

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 ….

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

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

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 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….

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..

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..

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….

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 ….

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

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