You have written extensively about the importance of innovation in fantasy novels. What is your take on the current state of innovation in the fantasy genre?
I think fantasy is pretty healthy right now. I’ve seen a lot of cool things being done. I think we’ve pushed past the part when it wasn’t very healthy in the late ’90s. I’m not even saying there weren’t authors doing cool things there because there were, but it seemed like publishers kept pushing the same old and the exciting books were being downplayed. I was just fan back then, but from my perspective, that’s created a lull in the genre. Recently, there’s been a lot of cool stuff happening, and I’m excited about it. I think there are lots of cool places we can go.
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