The Power of Stories and Escapism

I own a condo and live with a roommate. The other day, I had to “lay down the law” with my roommate, and it is not something that I am comfortable or accustomed to doing. Afterwards, I did not feel particularly good about it even though it was something that needed to be done. After everything was settled, I sat on the couch and watched some anime.

I put on the newest episode of the anime, “My Senpai is Annoying,” and it is admittedly a cute and funny anime, to me at least. It was also exactly what I needed at that time considering how I was feeling. Stories from all types of platforms can evoke different emotions and act as a form of escapism. After a serious confrontation with someone that I live with, I needed something light-hearted that could make me laugh or smile.

The hope is that my stories can do that for a wide audience. I want someone to read The Mustard Prince and experience a sort of escapism into the Condiment Kingdom. One of my other stories, The Land of the Wooden Statues, is much darker, but I want people to read it intrigued by what is going on and at times, horrified, yet will remain reading. Stories are capable of taking an audience to different places and feel different emotions, and I can only hope that I can be a professional published author with works that will do that for various people.