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One thing I appreciate about fantasy stories is that they don’t promise every mystery will be friendly.
The world of the mannamong isn’t divided into simple good and evil.
Some creatures become guardians.
Others become hunters.
And some...
When I look at this image, I don’t think about magic.
I think about hope.
Not the kind that guarantees everything will be okay.
The kind that helps us keep going when we don’t know what comes next.
That is what makes this moment...
Every great fantasy begins with a crossing.
A wardrobe.
A rabbit hole.
A hidden path.
For Kali, it begins with a dream.
This image captures one of those rare moments where the familiar world slips away and something larger takes its pl...
The older I get, the more I appreciate moments like this one.
Not because of what is happening.
Because of what is about to happen.
The characters don’t know it yet.
The reader doesn’t know it yet.
But everything is about to change.
S...
She wasn’t just sick.
One of the things I love about revisiting Chapter 1 is seeing how many clues were already there from the beginning.
At this point in the story, Kali’s illness seems like a tragedy.
But looking back, it feels like th...
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