Perhaps Living Souls Had Greater Phantom Powers

Recasting Fairy Tales Has Become A Publishing Sub-genre In Itself, And Has Been Done Both Well And To The Point Of Entropy. More Interesting Are Those Works Where The Structures Of Fairytales Are Abandoned But The World Of 'fairy' Is Imported As A Delicate Spice.

Fantasy Gets A Mixed Reception - A Lot Of Fantasy Is Formulaic But Most Of The Award-winning Fantasy On The Contrary Tends To Be The Stuff At The Edges Of The Genre, Rather Than Swimming In The Middle.

I'd Defend The Right For Any Novelist To Experiment With Form Or Language, But If People Don't Take To It, Don't React By Making Out That They Are Thick.

Rome Is A Place Almost Worn Out By Being Looked At, A City Collapsing Under The Weight Of Reference.

I've Been A Professional Writer For 20 Years, And There Are Contours In That Time, Crescents And Troughs.