I just finished reading Stardust by Neil Gaiman the other night and, according to myself, it was the first fantasy book I’ve ever read (outside of Harry Potter which, really, isn’t this type of fantasy). I’m still blissfully ignorant of the categories of fantasy and when someone asks me what kind of fantasy I write, I say, ‘uh . . . fantasy?’ There are subgenres to the Momma genre, many of which I have no idea what they are so if anyone were to ask me what kind of fantasy this was, ‘uh . . . fantasy?’

Before I go any further, I have to say I saw the movie before I read the book (actually the movie was what put me on the fantasy path). A faux pas to many, I know but, to be honest, I didn’t know the book even existed before the movie came out. Remember, I’m a fantasy newbie and know next to nothing about any of it. From what I understand, Neil Gaiman is a pretty big name in fantasy land. Before this you could have said his name to me and I would have had no idea who you were talking about. So, right now, I ask that you forgive the comparisons. I can’t help it. The movie is burned much more strongly in head than the book is.

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