12 Quotes by Gail Z. Martin

Foolishness pours out of an open mouth....but wisdom sneaks in through the ears....

Oh, there are little rhymes a mage might use to remember the sequence of what must be done, but the words themselves don't do a thing. You could write every 'spell' as high as a man on the barn wall, but if you don't have the power to start with, all you'd have is a strange rhyme. And a bad one at that".

I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.

I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.

My father loved antique shops and shows, and quite a bit of my childhood involved outings to dim, dusty places packed with cast-off treasures.

One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!

The 370-year-old antique shop Trifles and Folly is the heart of 'Deadly Curiosities,' my new urban fantasy novel from Solaris Books.

Getting to share the stories in my head with other people and have them enjoy those stories, and having them come to see my characters as real. That's so cool.

Humor, danger and a twisted tangle of unlikely prophecies make for a page-turning adventure.