I'd gone off writing fantasy, but now...

[Rich.]

I hear you loud and clear! I help out at our local school from time to time, and often come away dazed, wondering how the teachers do it day after day without imploding.

 

[Rich.]

Ah, double post, quoting myself, no less. ¡Ay por dios!

So [...] a degree in English lit [...] reading Antigone by Sophocles [...] And I thought, oh my gosh, that could be a definition of modern epic fantasy, in the sense that both (often) look back to a mythical age for their setting but use characters with modern values and address modern concerns.

And so I mentioned this in a tutorial.
'Yeah,' says my tutor, 'and Shakespeare's like that too.'
'Well, this just gets better and better,' says I.

 

[Robinne Weiss]

I hear you loud and clear! I help out at our local school from time to time, and often come away dazed, wondering how the teachers do it day after day without imploding.

We implode. Trust me. We're just good at not doing it in front of kids or their parents. Masks have been an unexpected bonus in this realm--you can mouth any swear words you want behind one, and no one can tell. I'm just worried about what'll happen when we stop wearing them.