Ideas Aren't Magical; The Only

There Is Nothing That Compares To An Unexpected Round Of Applause.

I've Read Short Stories That Are As Dense As A 19th Century Novel And Novels That Really Are Short Stories Filled With A Lot Of Helium.

During The Many Centuries That Magic, Here On This Planet, Was Presumed To Have Worked, There Were At Least As Many Theories As To How Magic Worked As There Were Cultures And Religions.

If You Write, One Of The Questions You're Always Trying To Answer Is, Where Do You Get Your Ideas? And, If You Write, You Know How Pointless A Question This Is And How Difficult It Is To Answer.

For Me, Writing A Short Story Is Much, Much Harder Than Writing A Novel.