“An editor named Kerrie Hughes wanted me to write a short story that brought my fire-spider Smudge from my goblin books into the present-day world. I came up with libriomancy as a way to make that happen.” WorldWayWritingBookStoriesHappensWantedFireEditorsShort StorySpidersPresent DayGoblin Author:Jim C. Hines
“I read more books for research purposes, whether its a fictionalized biography of Johannes Gutenberg or a stack of urban fantasies.” BookPurposeFantasyResearchUrbanBiographiesGutenberg Author:Jim C. Hines
“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.” KindBookEnoughCharacterHonestSmartSillyBeing HonestSatire Author:Jim C. Hines
“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.” KnowsI CanBookStoriesBigsKidsAgeLyingReadingWinningNamesCausesWalksBoysMinesWindReaderThousandPagesDenyFatsPlotCracksBricksSpineHookedCurlsReviewersPleadingSpeedingStellaName Of The WindBig BookBling Author:Jim C. Hines
“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.” TryingBookGuyHateOfficeI HateErrorsFaultsBobThat GuyFactualSabotage Author:Jim C. Hines
“Every libromancer had a first book. Etched more sharply into my memory than my first kiss, this book had been my magical awakening.” FirstsBookMemoriesKissingAwakeningFirst KissMy First Kiss Book:Libriomancer Source: Libriomancer
