Humour & Inspiration in Kingdom of Nerada

This morning I put my Kingdom of Nerada press releases onto Facebook for IsIabella Airyfairyabelous & the Sleepy Dragon and The Faery Enchantment, a momentous occasion. (Copies available from Ingram Spark have arrived in the post  flat packs.) I highlighted the magical essence of my new and amusing novels in the news releases. Today I will discuss my sense of humour, a zone of joy and mischief, a series of funny moments. I liken my humour to a wave that sweeps through parts of my fiction. I may theorise about whether it is situational or witty, but believe it to be an interactive zone writers may enter as they write zany, entertaining, and sometimes magical children’s fiction. Humour can be a thrilling ride for the writer and reader. My favourite times spent reading as a child found me engaged in Pippi Longstocking and chuckling along. Even in class silent reading sessions, I would giggle and the teacher would stare in bemusement. This grand enjoyment of fiction is the territory of humorous fantasy writers.

Yet my original characters emerge from the archetypes  in our subconscious, unique creations.  One of my favourite characters is Twig Spinner, the cyclops young’un whose gift places the world around in peril, for he spins his world. Twig is a humorous and magnificent metaphor for the way babies spin their world around us and upturn our orderly existence. I love Twig Spinner, this ugly cyclops offspring of the profoundly important slave, Ponder and his other’alf, Abby Spinner. So from where did Twig originate? I pictured him in a flash during a dream, and ran away with him.

The question for fantasy writers is how do we convince realists that our whimsical, entertaining translations of the world around us are worthwhile? How often are writers struggling with their readers’ investment in the shackles of their real worlds? Each fictional world is created, but some resemble our familiar perceived reality. Yet since the beginning of time, dreams symbols and archetypes have provided messages to the world. They offer us the opportunity to conceptualise quickly, efficiently and expediently. I love the process of translation of my real world into a fantasy realm. Genuine fiction frequently undergoes a transformative process without which, I would fail to find the fiction satisfying.   Nevertheless, wrestling with readers’ attachment to the manacles of realism is contentious. Even so fantasy novels may germinate and become quality, entertaining fiction in imagined worlds.

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All rights reserved Marie C. Lukic 

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