First post. I don’t want to write about writing, at least not all the time. But to write is to create—worlds and reactions—and I can get behind that. J.R.R. Tolkien said in his essay On Fairy Stories that creating is a way to make the mundane new again. I want to do that in everything I do from life with my family to my own writing.
My current work in progress is an exorcism. I’m haunted by the tropes plaguing fantasy. Tropes so common, they’ve become cliched. My work may still be too derivative, but making the conscious effort to bite my thumb at popular fantasy feels pretty good.
My current work in progress is an exorcism. I’m haunted by the tropes plaguing fantasy. Tropes so common, they’ve become cliched. My work may still be too derivative, but making the conscious effort to bite my thumb at popular fantasy feels pretty good.