Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop is an American fantasy writer. Her most noted work is the Black Jewels series. She won the Crawford Award in 2000 for the first three Black Jewels books, sometimes called the Black Jewels trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
land people misunderstood
That is a list of the Territories that yielded to Ebon Askavi. They now stand within the shadow of the Keep. They are mine. Anyone who tries to settle in my Territory without my consent will be dealt with. Anyone who harms any of my people will be executed. There will be no excuses and no exceptions. I will say it simply so that the members of this Council and the intruders who thought to take land they had no right to claim can never say they misunderstood." Jaenelle's lips curled into a snarl. "STAY OUT OF MY TERRITORY!
people evil good-and-evil
We are what we are. Nothing more, nothing less. There is good and evil among every kind of people. It's the evil among us who rule now.
falling-in-love two people
But wouldn't it be lovely to watch two people fall in love?
crazy people scary
People who entered the Courtyard without an invitation were just plain crazy! Wolves were big and scary and so fluffy, how could anyone resist hugging one just to feel all that fur? “Ignore the fluffy,” she muttered. “Remember the part about big and scary.
complement equally kinds strengths
In archetypes, there is the Nurturer and the Warrior. Different kinds of strengths that, ideally, complement each other and are equally respected.
straight sure urban
I'm not sure I could write a straight urban fantasy any more than I could write a straight contemporary story. I would end up being intimidated by all the small details.
cell combine found group others pc percent pocket small students
Ninety-five percent of students use cell phones. We found a small group that used it all the time; others never used it. We wanted to combine the Pocket PC and the cell phone.
choices
Everything has a price.
lying blood
Words lie. Blood doesn't.
heart landscape
Let your heart travel lightly. Because what you bring with you becomes part of the landscape.
heart opportunity hands
Opportunities and choices. When a person makes a heart wish, that wish resonates through the currents and things will happen to give the person an opportunity to make the wish come true. Like a hand offered and accepted.
promise quitting eating
Vlad hated doing the paperwork as much as he did when a human employee quit, which was why they'd both made a promise not to eat quitters just to avoid the paperwork. As Tess had pointed out, eating the staff was bad for marale and made it so much harder to find new employees.
poison cures
Briarwood is the pretty poison. There is no cure for Briarwood.
feet doors ears
You weren't afraid of me when I was Wolf," he said. "Why are you afraid of Nathan?" "He's got big feet!" "What?" An insulted-sounding arrroooo came from the other side of the door, a reminder that Wolves also had big ears.