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D.K. Godard

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Daniel is a writer and publisher of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. His first novel was published in 2009 and he has many more on the way. He's been creating stories since he was little and is currently working on his MFA in Writing Popular Fiction through Seton Hill University. When not working on From Dude to Dad with Skyler, he writes Mystery, Horror, SciFi, Fantasy, and Young Adult. He's a father of three and husband to a gorgeous wife and lives in Utah. ...more

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Giving Hope in Fiction

One of the points I touched on in my commencement address in June was on the concept of hope in genre fiction. This may seem like a stretch for some stories, but even in stories like horror, I believe there is an element of hope. Briefly, I will list the mainstream genres of fiction and then how I believe hope ties into that genre.

Science Fiction: I feel part of the hope for me in science fiction

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Fate of the Jedi: Vortex (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi, #6)

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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)

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“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.”
― Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

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“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
― Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

tags: friendship, joy, pain

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“Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound of two cardinal virtues — faith and hope.”
― Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

tags: children, hope, love, mother, pride

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