Pat Garcia asked Marian Allen:

Hi, I enjoyed reading one of your articles this ,morning. I see Ray Bradbury influenced your writing. Have you heard of John Gardner? He has been a great influence upon my own writing. What do you think of Joseph Campbell? For me, he also had a distinct feeling for looking beyond what is and teaching the writer to see his own world within. Shalom, Patricia

Marian Allen Hi, Pat! John Gardner's GRENDEL, read when I was in high school, opened up for me the depth of the truism that "the villain is the hero of his own story." And Joseph Campbell reinforced and helped explain the power and resonance of myth, fairy tales, folk tales, and archetypes. Thank you so much for connecting on Goodreads. :)

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