“Fiercely original and uncommonly lovely, The Witch's Boy is equal parts enchanting and haunting. Kelly Barnhill is master of truly potent and unruly magic; luckily for readers, she chooses to use her powers for good.” UseBoysMagicMastersReaderEqualOriginalsLovelyWitchHauntingEnchantingUnruly Author:Anne Ursu
“I believe that authors don't have a responsibility to include "messages" in their work, but they do have a responsibility to write a world that seems true and real, never more than when expecting readers to believe in magic and angels and fairies.” WorldWritingBelieveRealSeemsI BelieveResponsibilityMagicReaderMessagesAngelFairyExpecting Author:Cassandra Clare
“I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveFantasyKnow HowMagicReader Author:Lev Grossman
“The Hawley Book of the Dead had me completely spellbound from beginning to end. A storytelling virtuosa, Chrysler Szarlan has woven a wondrous, scintillating web of suspense, love, history, and magic that will keep you eagerly turning the pages late into the night. Even readers not normally drawn to the supernatural will be swept away by this book; it has everything a great adventure should have-and so much more.” ShouldBookEndsNightMagicAdventureReaderLatePagesShould HaveStorytellingSuspenseWovenWondrousSwept AwayGreat AdventureChryslerBook Of The Dead Author:Anne Fortier
“If writing is thinking and discovery and selection and order and meaning, it is also awe and reverence and mystery and magic....Authors arrive at text and subtext in thousands of ways, learning each time they begin anew how to recognize a valuable idea and how to reader the texture that accompanies, reveals or displays it to its best advantage.” IfsThinkingWayWritingIdeasOrderMagicMysteryReaderDiscoveryAdvantageValuableAweReverenceDisplaySelectionTextureAccompanySubtext Author:Toni Morrison
“Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader to suspend disbelief, to buy into the logic and boundaries of your world, even though those boundaries might include things like dragons and magic.” WorldWritingFirstsBookMightGamesMagicReaderCreatingTasksLogicBoundariesDragonsWriting A BookDisbelief Author:R. A. Salvatore
“Maybe there's a sense that technology isn't necessarily the answer to a lot of our problems. Fantasy offers readers a less radically alienated world - a world where desires and feelings that normally are trapped inside your mind are made real in the form of magic.” WorldMindMadeRealFeelingsProblemFormDesireAnswersTechnologyFantasyMagicReaderOffersTrapped Author:Lev Grossman