'Temeraire' is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love - fantasy and historical epic.
I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.
... everything written is at least in part fantasy. Except maybe the national budget. That's horror.
I try to live instinctively. And I guess I've always enjoyed living in a fantasy world, daydreaming.
I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.
Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism.
I didn't plan to write YA - I had a story that simply wasn't working as a straight-up fantasy novel.