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Sunday, 27 May 2012

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Murder Your Darlings

Posted by Kathryn at 10:04 • 0 comments
It makes me laugh when I hear people say that they don’t like fantasy or science fiction novels because ‘it’s not real’. All fiction, by definition, is made up. Yet, when it comes to imaginary monsters or aliens or magicians with pointy hats and white beards, many people don’t want to read something so removed from reality....
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