Dedicated to helping you create strong, vibrant, and beautiful fiction.

It is better that you die than that you put a stain upon your soul.

Pay attention to the sound of words.

Whatever your favorite genre is, you can probably trace your love for it back to one single book that really moved you.

Brandon Sanderson is the real thing-an exciting storyteller with a unique and powerful vision. ELANTRIS is one of the finest debuts I’ve seen in years.

Writers change the world one heart, one mind, at a time. That should be enough to keep us going.

But everyone has a touch of madness, and those who can’t admit it are usually farther gone than the rest of us.

I warn you, the trip will not be easy. Once you choose to walk in the light, your path will lead you places you do not want to go.

There is no such thing as an evil genius, as evil in it’s self is stupidity.

Writing a story requires you to understand how the world works, how characters think, how their emotions drive them to do surprising things, and so on. In other words, as a writer, you have to be more than a stylist. You need to learn to become a master of storytelling.