I was reading my feeds today when I stumbled across this letter from Ray Bradbury: Boy did I need to read that. I actually set it as the wallpaper on my computer to remind me the important lesson that I forgot. It is easy for me as a writer to get caught up in the hype of others. Recently, I have been working on a new fantasy story, and I became obsessed with making the story fresh, original, and free from the clichés and tropes of the genre. How stupid is that?!