I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.
Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.
Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.
Illness and accidents were mysterious manifestations of the war of the spirits, fought on the battleground of the body.
Life sometimes gets in the way of writing.
Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable to adapt is also doomed.