Children," I said to her. "For the first little while, they not exactly human, you don't find? - Nalo Hopkinson

It’s the beautiful thing about being a fiction writer; you can write the world you want to see.

Folktales are great for learning dynamic storytelling and how to structure the resonant echoes that give a plot forward motion. It wouldn't be the last time that I modeled a plot upon the shell of a preexisting folktale. I've discovered that it doesn't matter whether your readers recognize the folktale. It may not even matter whether the folktale is real, or one you invented. What matters is that it has structure, echoes, trajectory, and style.

Desire makes us all babies again.