Why I Write Fantasy - Brenna Lyons

Welcome Brenna Lyons, prolific dark fantasy world builder.
Amber: Why do you write fantasy?Brenna: I am drawn to fantasy by the simple departure from everyday life and the exaggeration of the human condition, at the same time.

I had a lousy childhood. No bones about it. Fantasy allows an escape from the mundane, which I always found appealing.

Beyond that, everything in fantasy...spec fic in general...can be so much larger than life. Your fantasy characters can live longer, be stronger, survive...