“Why I Write Fantasy”: From The Backlist

Yep, time for a “from the backlist” post — and this quote from a 2012 post on (then) genre site SF Signal still feels evergreen.

Now no more, alas…

The subject, as per the title, centered on why I write Fantasy (as opposed to any other class of fiction) in general and epic fantasy in particular. It went something like this:

“The reason I want to celebrate epic fantasy is fairly straightforward: I love the genre…I love big, sweeping, adventurous stories where there’s a lot at stake and what’s at ...