Comments on: Epic Fantasy Interview Swap: John R. Fultz interviews Gail Z. Martin http://www.orbitbooks.net/2013/01/17/epic-fantasy-interview-swap-john-r-fultz-interviews-gail-z-martin/ Orbit Books Mon, 20 May 2013 21:12:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robert Mullin http://www.orbitbooks.net/2013/01/17/epic-fantasy-interview-swap-john-r-fultz-interviews-gail-z-martin/#comment-26018 Robert Mullin Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:12:02 +0000 http://www.orbitbooks.net/?p=32581#comment-26018 “I worry a little about the uber-dark trend in a lot of fantasy and YA. Yes, there is darkness in the world and great evil. But I believe that, over the course of history, ultimately, the Light wins. I believe in heroes—people who, whatever their other flaws, sometimes do the right thing for the right reasons, even at great personal cost. I’m not a big fan of ambiguous protagonists, ones who are so gray that they have no redeeming qualities. Scarred heroes, broken heroes, conflicted heroes—yes. Most people are a tangle of motivations. But I still want to be able to tell who the good guys are and root for them. And from the readers I encounter, a lot of other people seem to share that feeling.”

And this is the reason I will be reading my first Gail Z. Martin novel. Thank you, one author to another, for sharing that sentiment.

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