What made you decide to write fantasy specifically?

[k_a_webb]

There are two things that I love about writing fantasy.

The first thing is the world building. I don't complete my world building before I start writing because I love to learn about the world as I go. Maybe that's wrong but it's the way I've always worked and I don't want to change it. Sometimes that can make things more difficult because I don't always know the answer to questions that my characters have. Then I have to go and think about why, which can sometimes take longer than I'd like it to.

The second is exploring different types of magic. I know that a lot of magics have already been explored by other writers, but I love to explore them from a writer's point of view. It's so different to reading about them. When I can I try to work with magics I haven't read about before but some are too interesting not to try out with my characters in my worlds.

In all honesty I didn't really make the decision that I was going to write almost entirely fantasy. I think I have four non-fantasy based collections and a lot of the random stories that I want to write are fantasy. It's just the way things happened. I am very influenced by what I read and I do read a lot of fantasy, but I think it's also because I find fantasy easier to write than anything else. If I get a chance I love to read historical fiction, horror, thrillers and the occasional mystery, although I don't write in those areas because I don't think I could do it justice. Especially horror and mysteries.