I've really enjoyed this series. There's been a lot to think about in it, and I've looked forward to each addition.

If you don’t make any money from fiction and you find it hard, why do you write it?”

This is something that I've often asked myself. My own writing of fiction has come in waves. Currently, I'm not writing any (although I did have the glimmer of a killer idea a week ago, and I'm still tempted by it). I appreciated your answer, here. Writing a story, creating a new story, is terribly difficult. But it's also a way to reach the frontier. Sometimes it feels like there aren't many frontiers in our modern life. Maybe that's true and maybe it isn't, but attempting to create a story out of whole cloth, where the only limits are your creativity and ability -- this is surely as much of a frontier as any wild unknown into which people have recklessly plunged. I don't know if I'll regret all the hours I've spent wresting with stories nobody reads, but there's a chance I won't...which is something more than can be said of most activities.

Also: I would love to read your magical realism novel. Should you ever be looking for alpha/beta readers, please don't hesitate to reach out.