For me, reading is a way to explore another reality; and writing is a chance to create a new reality that's hopefully worth exploring (for me and my readers). I have a lot of fun, talking with someone after they've read my work. Often, they'll surprise me with their "take" on a character or plot... proving that "reality" is a quantum experience, unique to each person who perceives it.
I hope to be known, someday, as a "quantum story teller", hopefully enriching a global society that is transforming itself with digital and quantum consciousness. I'd like to have the same artistic impact on the world as Verne and Wells did at the beginning of the industrial age, a century ago.