So I Want To Be A Fantasy Writer...

[AUTHOR'S NOTE: Yeah, I know I said I was going to write this in the middle of the week. Blame the end of the school year craziness for that. But, as it turns out, I've long had a theme on my Facebook writing page of #SciFiSaturday (or, as I should say now, #SciFiFantasySaturday). So, maybe it was for the best that I saved this for now. Anyway, here's the post.]

Genre fiction was my thing growing up. (Maybe I should have made this into one of my Writer's Biography pieces. Oh, well, maybe another time.) Science Fiction I was into for a long time - I was a Star Wars and Star Trek kid and loved the classic scifi of the 20th century (Frank Herbert, Ray Bradbury, etc.)

Fantasy, however... it wasn't unknown to me, but it wasn't something that was near and dear to my heart. At least, it wasn't at the same level as the science fiction was. But it always was there, lurking around the margins. When I was either in elementary or middle school, I discovered Lloyd Alexander and his series The Chroni…