“In urban fantasy you don’t leave the chip shop and go to another world to find the unicorn. Rather, the unicorn shows up at the chip shop and orders the cod.”
–Elizabeth Bear

Melissa Marr (Author of _Wicked Lovely_):

For me though, it doesn't really matter if it's writing, teaching, slinging drinks, working a dig, anything. If I'm not enthralled by it, I don't have the discipline to do it. This is probably a horrible character flaw, but I tend to think life is meant to be filled with passion, with intensity. It's why I unplug from the computer. It's why I dig the sensory stuff. If it doesn't make you FEEL, why bother?

Of course, if you throw yourself into a thing, an experience, a place, a person, sparks are often inevitable. It's a choice. It's always a choice. If you can take those sparks & make a job or a connection or a home out of it? Why not?

"Maybe I just have a limited attention span, but life is keeping me pretty busy. I’m going to be dead a lot longer than I’m alive. Plenty of time to figure out the afterlife then."