Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.

~ V. E. Schwab

V. E. Schwab Together Mind Moment

I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors - between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic - and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds.

~ V. E. Schwab

V. E. Schwab Life World Start