Novel Magic: Dragons and A Fantasy Writer's Journey
Get a dose of Dragons and Urban Fantasy this week! Author Dan Rice provides a sample of his debut novel, Dragons Walk Among Us , and explains how an otherwise normal (so far as we know) human makes the decision to write fantasy books. It’s a question I’ve often asked myself–and I answer myself out loud no matter where I am and in much the same way Dan describes. If you are an author–what books led you to write the books you do? If you are a reader, what fantasy books did you read as a kid that sparked your imagination? Why Write Urban Fantasy? by Dan Rice For as long as I can remember, I’ve been interested in writing fantasy. My first inclination to do so came after reading Dune by Frank Herbert or perhaps The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. My interest grew as I read more fantastical works by Tolkien and The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. Of all these classics, I was most impressed by Dune because Herbert creates, in my mind, an engrossing imaginary world with scads of