I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric of the magic detailed was perfectly believable.
When she cried, he would say, "there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.
I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.
Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
