Theodora Goss

Writing two stories [in the Thorn and the Blossom] about the same set of events that were complete stories in themselves, but…

— Theodora Goss

I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to…

— Theodora Goss

“She drifted, feather-like, in tenuous radiance… Her gown, it seemed a thing made out of mist, As though the dewy air Had…

— Theodora Goss

The Thorn and The Blossom can be read from either side - you can choose whether to read it from Brendan's or…

— Theodora Goss

The editor, Stephen Segal, actually called me with the idea of creating an accordion book [ "The Thorn & The Blossom"], and…

— Theodora Goss

The book itself [The Thorn and The Blossom] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction,…

— Theodora Goss

“Spectacular cases are usually simpler, and less interesting, than they initially appear.”

— Theodora Goss

If you look at the natural world, really look at it, it's always magical.

— Theodora Goss

Art inspires me. Looking at art in a museum, listening to music, reading the works of other writers.

— Theodora Goss

I loved writing something people usually have - miscommunication, for example. Now that I've written a romance, I'm sure I'll write more:…

— Theodora Goss

I would tell myself to get more sleep! Believe it or not, I wrote the book while finishing my PhD in English…

— Theodora Goss

Nature inspires me continually. Today, I can look out my window and see the entire world covered with snow. It's like Narnia…

— Theodora Goss

Understanding what is going on in the world today inspires me in a negative sense because there's so much about it that…

— Theodora Goss

“I will tell you, too, that every fairy tale has a moral. The moral of my story may be that love is…

— Theodora Goss

I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn [from The Thorn and the Blossom] - as well as some…

— Theodora Goss

If you believe you have a voice and something to say, chances are you do, and the world needs you to do…

— Theodora Goss

Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea…

— Theodora Goss

“Was the house being watched? They could not see the Wolf Men, and more importantly, Catherine could not smell them. So taking…

— Theodora Goss

In the Forest of Forgetting do you remember any romances? All the relationships in those stories are dark and twisted - people…

— Theodora Goss

It's appropriate to have magic in a love story, because magic is a sort of metaphor for what love feels like? When…

— Theodora Goss

If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is…

— Theodora Goss

Believe in the importance of your art.

— Theodora Goss

Read a lot. But read as a writer, to see how other writers are doing it. And make your knowledge of literature…

— Theodora Goss

I think part of my purpose in this life is to talk about magic, and to make it.

— Theodora Goss

“She had longed for adventure, and now that it was happening to her, she was not sure how she felt about it.”

— Theodora Goss