In recent years my parents—one retired, one close to it—have been reconnecting with their inner children through the magic of Disney. Specifically, through irritatingly frequent trips to Disneyland. Irritating, of course, unless my brother and I are invited to join. (Then it’s fine.) But before these more recent trips began, my family had not been to…
A feminist take on the life of the sometimes-ally, sometimes-antagonist of Arthurian legend. With more historical vibes than fantasy, I think a specific type of reader would really enjoy this book. Not quite for fans of high fantasy, but more for those in favor of historical and/or romantic fiction.
Anyone familiar with the improv show Whose Line is it Anway? is familiar with a vast number of improvisational games that actors can play to create a scene. But did you know that some of these games can also be used in the context of creative writing? One such game is “Two-Line Vocabulary.” It involves…
When you’re writing a story, there is always that lingering peer pressure in the background to please every reader—even though that is impossible. And once you enter the Beta-Reading stage, that pressure can begin to confuse things even more. Should I change such-and-such because so-and-so didn’t like it? Should I modify every single aspect of…