When people read that a certain book is in the genre known as fantasy they often have differing thoughts of what this might imply.
Some think of cute unicorns, faeries and princesses in need of rescuing from dragons.
Others will think epic stories of small groups of people rising up to the task and saving their world/nation using at some time in the story some kind of magic.
Still others think like I do that the one concept that is constant in all fantasy novels is the inclusion of at least one element that defies our physics or natural laws.
This could be supernatural beings; such as dragons, goblins, werewolves or vampires, or the use of magic to solve anything from daily problems to world-threatening events, or environmental elements not possible in the real world; seas of lava, breathable seas or flying cliffs.
This last categorization is pretty large and will often encompass novels not originally thought of as fantasy but I often use this to find book I would be interested in reading.
I have a dream of having a trilogy of mine published sometime in the future. This will be an epic fantasy story in three parts told by three different narrators.
On this blog I will from time to time write about my progress, ideas or thoughts about the process from idea to (hopefully) published novel.
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