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Category: Fantasy Fiction

Why I Write Fantasy: The Yearning

On December 4, 2017 By rodericktmacdonaldIn Books, Fantasy Fiction, Reminiscences, WritingLeave a comment

When first I wrote fantasy, I yearned for escape, to be lost in worlds of fantasy myself, away from what I perceived as the misery of my own existence at that time. Then I wrote because I yearned to write as well as my heroes, to be my heroes, use their ideas, their motifs, and …

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