Do Villains Have an Expiration Date? I didn’t think so in the past—but now I’m starting to suspect it. Not in all cases—there are a few villains that just seem to ferment and develop a richer flavor, but others… not so much. They get kind of rancid—smell a bit off, …
Genre is the sandbox you choose—but I don’t want to. I want to claim my realm like a force of nature. Like Neptune god of the sea, I want to stride forth from the waves and plant my trident—encompassing the sand as far as the horizon only my mind views. …
Wish fulfillment is treated like a dirty phrase by critics, writers, and even many readers. But Reading is About Wish Fulfillment Each story is a wish of the writer, the protagonist, the reader. We immerse ourselves in dreams. We spend months or years breathing life into them, till they breathe …
I Imagine My Readers as Dragons Surrounded by their hoard of books stacked high in their cavernous domain. Books layered in towers, that climb to flirt precariously with the stalactites of the vault above. A wild-piled djinn’s treasure trove of tomes—for draconic readers to to curl up amidst. The phantasmagoria …
