H.B. Bolton

Books pull you to other worlds ... let them, and enjoy the adventure.

A story just isn't a story without a dragon.

I hate when I look in my closet and find clothes instead of Narnia.

My goal is to sweep the reader away from his world and bring him along for the adventure. Learning something new shouldn__ feel like work, nor should today__ younger reader be underestimated. If done correctly, there is no need to __umb down_ the plot or simplify words. When someone tells me he thought The Serpent__ Ring was easy to read, I know I succeeded in my storytelling.

Evan ran his finger across the faded leather spines. He laughed at how silly some of the names were: Paint Your Roses Red, Edelweiss and Me, World of Mushrooms and Fungi, The Toadstool Diaries, Daffodils Unseen and Exotic Plants Unleashed, to name but a few.

One word came to mind: pee-yew. Evan tried to place the odor; it wasn__ a heap of decayed garbage or that of a spoiled fish. Truth be told, he smelled like rotten cheese.