I loved The Weird (one of the stories in it inspired Blackalley in Discourse). — Paul S. Kemp Discourse Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it’s possible for a decision to be right and wrong at the same time,” — Paul S. Kemp Decision Copy Share Image
I'm unstuck in time. Also, I juggle like mad and have made myself efficient. — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“In time, we’ll tame them and they’ll welcome their bondage. Many already do.” — Paul S. Kemp Bondage Copy Share Image
The Disney deal created some wrinkles. I'm under contract. But I'm on standby. — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
My goal is to write stories that are connected, but not sequels in any meaningful sense. Like Howard's Conan tales or Leiber's… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
I always work from outline and almost always write out of sequence. It just works for me. — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“All men did have darkness. Some wore it in the form of horns. Some bore it invisibly as rot in their souls.” — Paul S. Kemp Darkness Copy Share Image
“Cale, I am the Second of Mask. We are more than comrades, more than friends. I am at your shoulder through whatever… — Paul S. Kemp Comrades Copy Share Image
Fantasy allows for less rigorous worldbuilding and more vigorous exploration of moral questions. Sci-fi is opp. — Paul S. Kemp Exploration Copy Share Image
“He wondered if he’d completely lost his mind, but then figured that people who’d gone insane never wondered if they’d gone insane.” — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
I enjoyed The Mirage by M. Ruff. I'm reading Edgar Rice Burrough's Princess Of Mars right and loving it. — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“Far down the corridor, she saw Vader leap down from a walkway ten meters above the deck.” — Paul S. Kemp Leap Copy Share Image
“For a moment, caught up in the aftereffects of his vision, Vader wondered what it would be like to face his Master… — Paul S. Kemp Dreams Copy Share Image
“Riven eyed him sidelong. “Cale, I think … that he is waiting, too. Like the shadowwalkers.” “For what?” Cale started to say,… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
My favorite new character isn't new, but more fleshed out - Gadd, the alekeep at the Tunnel. He's got him some teeth… — Paul S. Kemp Book Copy Share Image
“I am a murderer. I simply have not yet murdered. But I will, given time. The good in me is draining away… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“What are we doing?” Riven asked. Cale answered, “We’re watching.” Riven turned his eye to him. “He told you to leave.” Cale… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
The Sundering is a world spanning event that creates ripples all across the Realms. The books in the series are connected in… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
Shared world has done some world building and brings (in the case of FR and SW) a big audience. With your own… — Paul S. Kemp Audience Copy Share Image
Cale is my signature character in the Forgotten Realms. The most popular character I've written. He's a thief, an assassin, and eventually,… — Paul S. Kemp Always trying Copy Share Image
“He’d said that the relationship between Sith apprentice and Master was symbiotic but in a delicate balance. An apprentice owed his Master… — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
The Forgotten Realms is arguable the most detailed, intricate fantasy setting ever created this side of Middle Earth. It's a setting for… — Paul S. Kemp Earth Copy Share Image
“The past is a ghost that haunts us. Ghosts must be banished.” — Paul S. Kemp Ghosts Copy Share Image
“Underlings should always be uncomfortable in the presence of their superiors,” — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
With young kids (I have four including the newborn) times passes weirdly for me. — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“Vader made most of the naval officers he encountered uncomfortable” — Paul S. Kemp Uncomfortable Copy Share Image
