You may borrow them, if
you wish," so I could avoid letting him startle me.
"I'd like that very much."
"I should warn you, however, that I have several volumes devoted to curses for
people who don't return books."
"I'd like to borrow those, too.
Grand," I said. "Just grand. I get myself into the army, stand up in battles I have no business in, get nailed in the back by sorcery, accept an impossible assignment to be carried out in the middle of it all, and then, just to top things off, I have to go have a mystical fucking experience. This is just great.
Steven BrustWell," she said, "if I were the enemy commander, and our assault had failed three times, and I wanted to make a fourth, I don't think I'd attack with fewer men. But that's just me."
"Shut up, Loiosh."
"I beg your pardon?"
"Never mind. Private joke.
I suggested that my patron goddess should take sensual pleasure, though I didn't put it quite in those terms.
Steven BrustQ: The Witness is reminded that she may be held in contempt.
A: The feeling is mutual.
Don't explain why it works; explain how you use it.
Steven BrustLet him who doubts the victory wrest the banner from my hand.
Steven BrustPainting consists of long periods of minutes followed by short bursts of hours
Steven BrustYou connect yourself to the viewer by by sharing something that is inside of you that connects with something inside of him. All you have as your guide is that you know what moves you.
Steven BrustTags: writing writers writing-inspiration
Because here’s the thing: No matter how much one tells stories of magical beasts or impossible worlds, in the end, it is always the world of here and now one is writing about. The better one understands that world, the more powerful the stories will be.
Steven BrustTags: writers-on-writing writing-philosophy
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