Jim C. Hines (born April 15, 1974) is an American fantasy writer.
Like any child raised on tales of magical worlds beyond paintings and mirrors and wardrobes, I had yearned to enter Middle Earth, to reach through.
Bullying is not okay. Period.
This presents a serious question. " They both looked at me. "What's that?" asked Lena. "Whether to start you off with a Doctor Who marathon or dive straight into Firefly.
That is a trial I must face," Veka said. "No, that is a multiheaded snake thing, Jig snapped.
That worked great! Thank you so much. What next?" "I don't know. I didn't expect you to live through it. " "Oh.
Do you know why happily ever after is a lie?" Snow asked. "Because life is change.
I like big books and I cannot lie. You other readers can’t deny That when a kid walks in with The Name of the Wind Like a hardbound brick of win. Story bling. Wanna swipe that thing Cause you see that boy is speeding Right through the book he’s reading. I’m hooked and I can’t stop pleading. Wanna curl up with that for ages, All thousand pages. Reviewers tried to warn me. But with that plot you hooked Me like Bradley. Ooh, crack that fat spine. You know I wanna make you mine. This book is stella ’cause it ain’t some quick novella.
If I'm making myself laugh, I figure most of my readers will be amused as well.
If we ruled the world, I guarantee you they never would have cancelled Firefly
I have a day job, which means my family isnt dependent on the writing income. So if I have an idea I like, I write it.
New rule: every fantasy author who doesn't treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo.
Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.
Ive tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.
Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I hate that guy.
I've found that there's a pretty wide range of silly. I don't want to do outright parody, because I like keeping my own characters and stories at the core of the books. And to be honest, I'm not smart enough to do the kind of wickedly sharp satire you get from someone like Pratchett.