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Guest Post: Erin Cashman on The Role of Research in Writing Fantasy

Guest Post: Erin Cashman on The Role of Research in Writing Fantasy

Posted on October 31, 2018January 4, 2019

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By Erin Cashman

Recently, someone commented to me that writing fantasy must be easy, since I can just make up what I need to fit my plot.

I wish! As Lloyd Alexander said,

“Once committed to his imaginary kingdom, the writer is not a monarch but a subject.” 

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