Ideas aren’t magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.
A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.
During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.
It’s possible to become so comfortable with one’s style and structure that one ceases to grow.
Im always trolling for trivia.
I’m one of those writers who, when writing, believes she’s god-and that she hasn’t bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.