Amber Polo's Blog, page 24
July 25, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Shona Husk
Welcome Shona Husk, creator of fantasy mermen!Amber: tell me, Shona, why do you write fantasy?Shona: The only thing better than reading fantasy is writing fantasy. I love to experiment with different types of heroes, elemental mermen, sexy genies and fire gods. I can push boundaries that don't exist for humans, yet while my heroes, or heroines, might be creatures of myth living in world that never existed, at the heart of each character are very human desires—the need for love, respect and ac...
July 18, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Helen Johannes
Welcome Helen Johannes, author of medieval fantasy!Amber: Why do I Write Fantasy?Helen: The first reason is that I've always been called to the world of history and fairy tales. I spent part of my childhood in Europe, walking narrow cobblestone streets and exploring ruined castles. It's hard not to feel the magic of history pulling from the very earth there. Tidbits of place come back to me in my writing, and I know I've lived that moment. For instance, I wrote a scene in an inn I called ...
July 11, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Terry Spears
Welcome Terry Spears, author of all those temping werewolves.Amber: Terry, why do you write fantasy?Terry: First, thanks so much to Amber for having me!!!When I was growing up, I LOVED Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Cinderella, and myriads of other fantasy tales of princes loving princesses. The first shape shifter story I read was East of the Sun and West of the Moon, where the prince is cursed to be a polar bear during the day, and a handsome prince at night. *sigh* I love fantasy. But I...
July 4, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - James Hartley
Welcome James Hartley, whose writing mixes science fiction, urban fantasy & mystery!
Amber: Why do you write Fantasy?Jim: A large part of the answer is that I can't help it! All my life I've been a day-dreamer, with all these stories floating around inside my head. I've made a few earlier attempts at writing, but this time I'm really into it. My reading, all my life, has been very heavily weighted with Fantasy and Science Fiction. So that's what is in my head, and that's what comes out on the ...
June 26, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Cinsearae S.
Welcome Cinsearae S. author of dark paranormal romance, dark humor and horror.
Amber: Why do you write fantasy?Cinsearae S.: The reason why I write fantasy is easy. :) The real word is boring as hell. I grew up reading the likes of Poe, King, L.J. Smith, R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike. Those worlds were SO much more interesting than the one I lived in, and eventually I started to create my own worlds with the same volumes of eeriness and paranormal predicaments. The big question would be whet...
June 20, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Jane Toombs
Welcome Jane Toombs, author of dark paranormal fantasy.
Amber: Why do you write fantasy? Jane: I've been thinking about this and I've decided what started me off was that even as a child I loved reading fantasy--which predisposed me to want to write it. I grew up reading fairy tales, also E.A. Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt and Andre Norton. Loved them all, even though some of the stories ranged into horror. The problem with horror was it never had a happy ending and, though, I enjoyed be...
June 13, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Nimue Brown
Welcome Nimue Brown, Gothic Fanatasy author and webcomic wirtier
Amber: Tell me why you write fantasy and why a webcomic?Nimue: I've always written fantasy, or stories with fantastical elements for the simple reason that I love the genre. I'm a pagan, and my experience of reality includes a fair bit of what could be called 'magical realism' so I write a mix of how the world is for me, and how I imagine it could be.
The move into webcomics came about some years ago, thanks to my partner; artist ...
June 6, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Sapphire Phelan and Pamela K. Kinney
Welcome Sapphire Phelan and Pamela K. Kinney! This week I have two guests in one.
Amber: With two names that both write in the fantasy genre, do you have two reasons to write fantasy?
Sapphire and Pamela: As Sapphire Phelan, I can write erotic romance to my fantasy stories, unlike Pamela, who would write straight horror, fantasy and sci fi, along with nonfiction ghost books.
Amber: Is this a personal choice? Sapphire and Pamela: Just a personal choice, though I have written sweet ...
May 30, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Rowena Cherry
Welcome Rowena Cherry, whose heroes are larger than life in every way.
Amber: Why do you write fantasy?Rowena: I write Fantasy because... I want my heroes to be larger than life in every way. The "god-Princes of Tigron" are over seven feet tall, have seven shark-like senses and genie-like powers, all are physically attractive and highly sexed, they're wealthy and powerful and intelligent and courageous and supremely competent... and royal. And faithful.
You cannot find a series-worth of heroes...
May 23, 2010
Why I Write Fantasy - Heather Kuehl
Welcome Heather Kuehl, creator of kick-ass female fantasy heroines.
Amber: Why do you Write Fantasy?
Heather: Fantasy was the first genre to actually gain my full attention. I enjoyed the sword and sorcery and I fell in love with the fact that anything could happen. In a fantasy world nothing is final, not even death. Love is true and it lasts forever, sometimes even transcending time. To me, there's nothing better
Amber: Why do readers love fantasy?
Heather: I was a reader long before I was a w...
