NOTE: in view of the recent (2025) information about Neil Gaiman's horrific behavior having come to the fore, I have eradicated him from my bookshelf. However, I feel it would be dishonest if I deleted the 'View From the Cheap Seats' entry from my list of inspirations. Because it was (and in some ways, still is) inspiring as a collection of weird little creative nonfic bits, which is exactly what I write and what I want to write. Anyway. So. For what that’s worth.
Not sure what to do with that, tbh--I never liked Harry Potter enough as literature to care about Rowling's descent, so that wasn't a problem for me. This is a matter I have to look at, as, unlike Alice in Wonderland, this awful person who happens to have created works I like, is still alive. I shall think on't.
NOTE: in view of the recent (2025) information about Neil Gaiman's horrific behavior having come to the fore, I have eradicated him from my bookshelf. However, I feel it would be dishonest if I deleted the 'View From the Cheap Seats' entry from my list of inspirations. Because it was (and in some ways, still is) inspiring as a collection of weird little creative nonfic bits, which is exactly what I write and what I want to write. Anyway. So. For what that’s worth.
Not sure what to do with that, tbh--I never liked Harry Potter enough as literature to care about Rowling's descent, so that wasn't a problem for me. This is a matter I have to look at, as, unlike Alice in Wonderland, this awful person who happens to have created works I like, is still alive. I shall think on't.