A beautifully-written book, reminiscent of an old, classic fairytale… Including much of the bigotry and ignorance that came with those times. Is it enough to turn readers away? Maybe not QUITE me personally, but I’ll let you read and decide for yourself.
— C.M.
So, a year ago today I officially launched Nocturnal Mind. It had been a work-in-progress for a while before then, actually starting out its life as a single page website where I could post work for a photography class I was taking. Since then, its transformation has been a dramatic one–and every day this tiny corner of…
It seems like the most basic piece of advice for a writer, but I think it’s the one a lot of us have the most trouble with. Artists tend to be perfectionists, and if something doesn’t come out exactly the way we want it to right from the beginning, we tend to get discouraged. I…
For those of us that might need the reminder, an “idiom” is a linguistic expression which takes a phrase that may mean one thing literally, and gives it an entirely different meaning. We’ve heard most if not all of them throughout our lives, and so without having to even think about it the actual meanings…
It’s a tale as old as time, but can this retelling of “Beauty and the Beast” hold up for a modern audience? There is a lot to like about this book, but there are also some aspects of it that are… questionable to me. What say you? Give it a read, and let us know!
— C.M.