The Netherworlds

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I like the idea of "Live your Mythic life" better than "the universe conspires to help you" or "every man and every woman is a star." I feel like those are too optimistic, like those ideas are incomplete.
          
          Thinking of your life as a myth, as a story, rather than a charted orbit or a mission from god allows more room for error, more freedom, and, ironically, it's more realistic.
          
          Because myths have tricksters and gods conspiring to work against man as often as they help them. Myths have fairies that take you off your trodden path and get you lost in the woods. Myths also tell you how to find your way home again, but remind you that you won't be the same upon your return. Myths let you know that loved ones will die probably at the worst possible time. They warn you that if you get the riddle wrong, there are consequences - that a life can be cut easily with scissors or can be blown out just like a candle flame, but being locked safely away in a tower is no life at all. Myths reinforce the notion that love can wake you from your worst nightmares, and that the lives of the common folks aren't as common as they appear. They remind you to be kind to strangers, yet weary of houses made of candy. Myths tell us that wishes can come true, but they might not be what you thought they would be.
          
          Live your Mythic life.
          
          You'll never see the world if you don't leave The Shire.
          
          The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek.
          
          If you will never be able to push that rock to the top of that hill, for fuck sake, Sisyphus, find a different rock or walk the fuck away. Don't be a Sisyphus.
          
          Live the metaphor.
          
          Be the main character in your own life.
          
          "We are all stories in the end. So make it a good one."

Hey Guys! I know what Indiana Comic Con panels I'll be on now:
          
          I have the 3 panels I created and will be the moderator:
          The Intersection of Fantasy and Reality: Finding Inspiration in Everyday Life
          Collaborative World Building with Fantasy Authors (interactive with the audience)
          The Importance of Fantasy: How the Fantasy Genre has shaped our world
          
          
          Then 2 additional panels moderated by others:
          Writing Fantasy and Graphic Novels
          World Building: Creating a fantasy world that Wow

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Loki agreed.  We're all fighting our own predetermined path. Really, the whole thing is absurd, but we do it anyway, for the dim chance of freedom."
          
          Eros looked into his milky coffee and quoted, "Therefore he gives Man hope. In reality it is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs the torments of Man."
          
          Loki made a dramatic face, "Nietzsche? You're a Nihilist?"
          
          "No," Eros said pointedly, "but I was there when Zeus made Pandora's jar and put Hope inside, and Nietzsche said it best. Zeus is a wanker."
          
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/378477835-the-netherworlds-curse-of-fate-book-1

He walked into the sunset, past Santa’s workshop, and over hills with farms and trees on both sides. Road signs told him Tell City was one sacrifice away. He ate an apple grown on the same tree as the apple eaten by Snow White. True love’s arrows would not save him. They could, however, destroy him. He was taken to a castle where fear was king, but where it also could not dwell, for if it did the kingdom would fall. It was the most revered of all castles, and the keeper of its gate was blind. He touched his reflection in a well and all was lost.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/380687019-tell-city

The king had to be defeated, the apple eaten, the toll paid, the sacrifice made. The sign said WELCOME TO TELL CITY. 
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/380687019-tell-city

I'm so excited and nervous! I was invited to be a panelist at Comic Con!

I just created a new book. It is a collection of my short stories and essays. 
          I hope you enjoy. I'll post something new in the collection every Thursday <3
          
          Don't forget - New chapters of Tell City every Friday and new chapters of The Netherworlds every Saturday