People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it can't be that hard" or poke at a book because it's "romance" or "genre fiction" and act like that somehow makes it substandard because they don't read it... well, ok, go ahead. Write a bestseller. Don't forget to go through the correct edit process. We'll wait.

I think people need hope when times are tough. I think they also need escape and adventure and fantasy. Books are like cheap mini vacations.

Without love, life was nothing but endless tasks and battles.

You really shouldn’t drink potions if you don’t know what they do. - Aunt Polly

You are either a half-baked, baked, or burnt cookie. You decide, but you can't be all three in life. - Aunt Polly

It never hurts to have an army of garden gnomes protecting your property.

Magic doesn’t work like that. You have to have intent and focus, but not think about it. - Aunt Polly

You can’t just bippity-bap with your dipple-stack. - Aunt Polly

I’m always where I’m supposed to be. - Aunt Polly