![]() ![]() ![]() Science, technology, engineering, and math focus heavily on our world and on logic, rationality, and repeatable, predictable results. STEM fields are pretty much the epitome of realism. We discovered that all of us work in IT for our day jobs and also write speculative fiction, specifically fantasy. Recently, I was on a panel as part of an event with two other Black women authors, Veronica G. However, I found my way back to my first love and never looked back. Life sharpened my other interests, eventually leading me to a career in website development. While I never left it completely behind, I too moved on for a while from reading and writing fantasy. The real world encroaches, leaving the fantastical by the wayside. However, as we grow up, so many of us leave fantasy behind in favor of more realistic fiction and entertainment. Tales of creatures with magic powers who live in impossible worlds are the first stories most of us hear. The stories we tell children to help them understand the world around them are filled with monsters and fairies, witches and wizards. ![]() I first fell in love with writing the weird and fantastical as a child. Of course, this isn’t particularly unusual. ![]()
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