(Also re: zeitgest, I feel exactly the same. I've always enjoyed both light and dark things, but these days only the dark stuff feels at all relevant or real.)
It's very interesting, in a sort of dissociated way, to see how real-world events shape the tone and contents of fantasy fiction. It's one of those things I've always known about abstractly (people talk about how the world wars shaped The Lord of the Rings, for example) but watching it happen in my and my peers' writing is something else.
(Also, I believe that this is the first comment I've gotten on the newsletter. Yay!)
Congrats on the inclusion in the anthology!
(Also re: zeitgest, I feel exactly the same. I've always enjoyed both light and dark things, but these days only the dark stuff feels at all relevant or real.)
I'm glad I'm not the only one!
It's very interesting, in a sort of dissociated way, to see how real-world events shape the tone and contents of fantasy fiction. It's one of those things I've always known about abstractly (people talk about how the world wars shaped The Lord of the Rings, for example) but watching it happen in my and my peers' writing is something else.
(Also, I believe that this is the first comment I've gotten on the newsletter. Yay!)