A Vid from Shaelin, about Fantasy Stories Writing

And my comment:

First, as I ALWAYS say: ONE MUST WRITE, WHAT ONE FEELS RIGHT.

There's absolutely no reason whatsoever, to write what "other people expecting". Just write what comes NATURALLY - and, well, always remember that, for ALL Writers - Yes, even the Best and Greatest ones!! - there are, sometimes, badly-written stories, too... it happens, and the Greatness is simply to know, which Stories to go ahead and publish (be it as they are or after a period of editing) - and which ones to simply forget about and move on. And - well, as we're all just human beings, sometimes it can happen, that even the Best Writers, might accidentally publish something which isn't that good. That's humans and that's Life.

Personally, Fantasy has always been my most favourite genre - of course, not the formulaic one (of people simply copying from Tolkien and the like...), but the truly Original stuff.

The Greatest ones are:

"The Coincidence Makers", by the AMAZING YO`AV BLUM (and, well, everything he wrote and will write - he is simply the Best EVER!! I LOVE his stuff).

"Garden of Salt" ("Humility Garden" + "Delta City" - here's some LGBT-touching Fantasy for you... ), by the Divine FELICITY SAVAGE.

"Deep Secret" (as well as "The Merlin Conspiracy" - but read "Deep Secret" first!), by Diana Wynne Jones; it is, in fact, my number one most favourite reread of all time.

"The Never Ending Story", by Michael Ende.

"Through the Looking Glass", by Lewis Carroll.

"The Borrowers" Series, by Mary Norton.

The "Amber" Series, by Roger Zelazny.

"Master and Margarita", by Mikhail Bulgakov.

The "Thursday Next" Series, by Jasper Fforde.

"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", by C.S. Lewis.

And more and more and more and more...