Writing any kind of fiction, purely by definition requires an element of suspended disbelief. After all, it’s a ‘made up’ story. And Kate Forsyth knows a thing or two about the subject, having written many fantasy novels over the years, often with a fairy tale angle or inspiration.
It doesn't really matter if you are writing a contemporary suspense novel or historical fiction or fantasy, the craft is all in that sense of making the world feel absolutely real to the reader, and that’s part of the magic of storytelling. it has to have that ring of truth. When they're within that fictional world that you have created they long for it to be real and to wish they never had to leave.
