The world exists for the education of each man.
While I hear from readers all the time that they love learning new things, I never want to do an "info-dump. " Boring! I try to include enticing details and skip all the rest.
I think we all make our own families, whether they're comprised of blood relations or friends. Some people are lucky and love their families. Others aren't. But whom we spend time with is always a choice. Including our pets.
While the cast of characters stays the same, I always try to add in new information so readers get to know the people they care about better with each story.
Actually, the first thing I do is choose the antique that will be featured in each book. I try to find unusual objects with great stories. I am fascinated by the stories.
I love Christmas! I'm not religious, but I love the trappings of the season. I love the decorations, and the music, and Santa, and the festive food, and the cinnamon- and vanilla-infused aromas.
I encourage people to read by encouraging them to read whatever they want.
I don't suspect that in many instances the artists who are dedicated in that fashion to the progress of that community are as well protected by the community as might be necessary.
Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our whole philosophy, not our whole philosophy on a feeling.
We all long for Eden, and we are constantly glimpsing it: our whole nature at its best and least corrupted, its gentlest and most human, is still soaked with the sense of exile.