Readers love the sense of possibilities
6th March 2017 | for Creatives | reading, fantasy, reaching your audience, genre, Charles Baxter, magical realism |
"Readers love the sense of possibilities ... of hypothetical worlds that mimic and mirror our own. Our actual lives have become fantastical in many respects, and the hybrid story of realism plus fantasy seems to be touching that tender spot."
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