tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post6383389361731022167..comments2024-02-18T00:11:11.490-08:00Comments on Heroines of Fantasy: Is There in Truth, no.. Truthiness?Heroines of Fantasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169664399606524540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-20082983639730617392014-08-30T07:15:01.391-07:002014-08-30T07:15:01.391-07:00I think reading fantasy is much like eating papaya...I think reading fantasy is much like eating papaya. If you get a bad fruit on the first try, you will hate it for the rest of your life. But no matter how much bad press fantasy gets, its still one of the best-selling genres out there, and one of the most popular for aspiring writers. Karin Rita Gastreichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788750258292938903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3764159777348916628.post-27592565808871213462014-08-18T08:33:28.933-07:002014-08-18T08:33:28.933-07:00You crack me up yet again, Eric.
It happens all t...You crack me up yet again, Eric.<br /><br />It happens all the time--that blank "huh-what" expression one meets when one declares she is a fantasy writer. The "I don't GET fantasy" expression. This always boggles my mind. The contemporary thing I just sold is no more or less magical, no more or less romantic, than my fantasy work. Ok, so the fantasy stuff includes names that aren't Jane or Harry, but the town I made up for the contemporary is as fictional the one I made up for my fantasies. The former borrows from New England, the latter borrows from the Middle East. So...where's the disconnect? Why have my friends "embraced" the contemporary while doing the "dog avoidance stare" when faced with my fantasy? I just don't get it, and I think it's along the same lines as your SO "Is it based on a true story" thing.Terri-Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468004163467894720noreply@blogger.com