Goodreads member Erfna says, “As a fantasy writer, does writing about different worlds affect the way that you see the real world around you?”
That is an interesting question, and it’s not one I’ve pondered very much myself. I would say fantasy has changed the way I see the world, but at the same time I am a pretty logical guy. People talk about my book a lot as kind of a science fiction and fantasy crossover, because I like to look at magic in logical ways. Storytelling for me is about characters. I try to write these characters in such a way that someone who is reading the book will say, “Yes, he understands me.” That’s my mandate and challenge as a writer. The fantasy world has not changed me nearly so much as the need and the passion for trying to get characters liked by readers who are different from me—and that is the big change in my life.
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