Top 12 Quotes by Lynn Flewelling

Thou you thrust your dagger at my eye, I will not flinch.

Thou you thrust your dagger at my eye, I will not flinch.

Eye, Daggers, Thrust

Fowl never tastes as savory when you're hungry for venison.

Fowl, Taste, Hungry

Lynn Flewelling (2010). “Stalking Darkness: The Nightrunner Series”, p.167, Spectra

You hardly know me. Why do you want me to come with you?’ ‘Who knows? Perhaps you remind me just a bit of -‘ ‘Someone you used to know?’ Alec interjected skeptically. ‘Someone I used to be.

Lynn Flewelling

Want, Used, Know Me

I hate being told what to do! Especially by myself!

Lynn Flewelling

Hate, I Hate

You always have a choice. Don't ever imagine you don't. Whatever you do, it's a decision and you have to accept responsibility for it. That's when honor becomes more than empty words.

Lynn Flewelling

Responsibility, Choices, Decision

A crafty nightrunner died of late, And found himself at Bilairy’s Gate. He stood outside and refused to knock Because he meant to pick the lock.

Lynn Flewelling

Locks, Found, Late

It was Alec who brought their lips together. Seregil's first reaction was disbelief. But Alec was insistent, clumsy but determined. It lasted an instant, an eternity, that one awkward kiss, and it spoke silent volumes of bewildered honesty. The moment that followed was too fragile for words.

Lynn Flewelling

Honesty, Kissing, Awkward

Lynn Flewelling (2010). “Stalking Darkness: The Nightrunner Series”, p.443, Spectra

Take what the Lightbearer sends and be thankful.

Lynn Flewelling

Being Thankful

I do a lot with characters' sense of identity. I also like challenging stereotypes, gender roles, things like that. Give me a stereotype or a genre expectation and the first thing I want to do is stand it on its head. In the Nightrunner books I wanted to see if I could create a believable gay hero, one who wasn't someone's sidekick or a victim.

Lynn Flewelling

Book, Hero, Character

A writer can't just be well-educated or good at research; to build a living, breathing world with interesting characters, you have to write from the gut. I'm not saying you have to live your life like a fantasy adventure. The trick is the ability to synthesize your own everyday experiences into your fiction. Infuse your characters with believable emotions and motivations. Infuse your world with rich sensory detail. For that you have to be in touch with your own existence and your own soul, the dark and the light of it.

Lynn Flewelling

Motivation, Writing, Adventure

Jane Kindred’s THE HOUSE OF ARKHANGEL'SK dazzles with its surreal blending of worlds. Lost angel Anazakia, last survivor of her murdered family, finds herself in the hands of demons with suspect motives, betrayed by her own kind, stranded in the world of Man—21st century St. Petersburg, Russia, to be exact. Weaving startling visuals with compelling characters, Kindred reveals parallels in the two worlds that are ‘neither haphazard chance nor calculated design.’ It’s a dizzying, vibrant read.

Lynn Flewelling

Character, Angel, Men