Goodreads asked Erin Winters:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Erin Winters Dreaming! I love the dreaming and writing parts of the process, when I get to imagine these fun characters, creatures, and places and bring them to life. It's incredible to be able to develop a world, invite other people into it, and have them share with you what it was like for them to visit.

I think fantasy in particular is amazing because when I read fantasy, I often start to read because I want to escape, and go to fantastic places I could never really go, pictures myself doing things I wouldn't normally do, like fly, be a magician rule a kingdom, fight the bad guys...whatever. And yet I often find myself staying because of the realism I find there in the characters, dynamics, and worldbuilding elements. Being a part of that experience for myself and then someone else as well is magical.

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