I've always been fascinated by the Norsemen, their lives, history and cosmology. The more we study them the more interesting they become... breaking their own stereotypes. We usually think of them as barbarians, but there were aspects to their society that shows a tremendous level of civilization, sophistication and social advance.

Tracy Hickman

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What words are in you that can change the world? by Tracy Hickman

What words are in you that can change the world?

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I will do this. Nothing in my life matters except this. No moment of my life exists except this moment. I am born in this moment, and if I fail, I will die in this moment.

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[A] couple I had known - who were old friends - asked me what I was going to work on next. I told them I wanted to write a near future book about AIDS concentration camps. They were vehement in their response: they thought it was a terrible idea. Their words both shocked and saddened me. "Do you really want to write a book about homosexuals?" they asked me. "Won't people who read your work be influenced toward sin?" I notice that I don't hear from them much lately.

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How much wrong have we done unintentionally, meaning the best by Tracy Hickman

How much wrong have we done unintentionally, meaning the best

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Don't seek to be published, seek to be read. by Tracy Hickman

Don't seek to be published, seek to be read.

One of the things about a great team is that the whole exceeds th... by Tracy Hickman

One of the things about a great team is that the whole exceeds the sum of its partners.

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'Wayne of Gotham' is very much a father-and-son exploration. We've always seen Thomas Wayne through the years as this figure carved in marble; this perfect man. The only thing we really know about is that he died in that alley outside of a theater. But every son has to confront the reality of his father at some point in his life.

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There is a scene in one comic from the '60s-'70s where Batman finds a film, a newsreel film, of his father. This newsreel film is from the '50s, and his father has come to this costume ball in a Zorro costume, which strangely enough looks a lot like a Batman suit in the footage.

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One of the wonderful things about Batman is that he is just a man. He doesn't have superpowers or extraordinary powers other than his tremendous intellect and physical prowess.

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Exploring an ever-expanding world of diverse cultures and beliefs is at the very heart of the 'Dragonships' series.

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