https://jenniferkyrnin.com/blog/tags/fantasy/Recent content in Fantasy on Jennifer KyrninHugoenMon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jenniferkyrnin.com/blog/posts/in-defense-of-the-mean-girl/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://jenniferkyrnin.com/blog/posts/in-defense-of-the-mean-girl/Winona Willow is the character readers of Digital Dryad loved to hate. She’s arrogant, she’s wrong about almost everything, and she’s the reason I wrote The Honey Tree. Here’s why the unlikeable girl deserved her own story—and why I don’t write role models.