More on “You Never Know”

My Thursday 27 February post—in which I shared the inauspicious beginnings of Moby Dick, which is now regarded as a Great American Novel and classic literary work—has prompted a more personal reflection on the theme of “you never know.”

During the round of interviews that accompanied publication of The Gathering of the Lost, one of the interviewers questioned why I wrote fantasy fiction if I wanted my work to endure.

The “blue” UK cover

I didn’t know Moby Dick’s rags-to-riches history at the ti...