2020-11-17 17:27
This morning I woke up and yet again had to be reminded that a post is due. It was particularly difficult because I was finishing one of those books that makes you snarl at anyone who interr… Read More
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Analyzing fairy tales and folklore through a modern lens and asking if these stories still speak to the modern feminist reader.
2020-11-03 16:33
Readers, I’m supposed to post today, but for those who don’t know I am a US citizen and today is the Superbowl of politics for us (at least those of us who care about politics)… Read More
2020-10-20 15:34
I remember being 13 and pretending to be sick to stay home from middle school. I’m pretty sure my mother knew I wasn’t sick, but I was a good student, so she allowed the deceptio… Read More
2020-10-06 15:18
Ever wonder how fairy tales get their titles? Some make perfect sense like Cinderella or Snow White, but how about Jack and the Beanstalk? I understand Jack, but how does the vegetation get… Read More
2020-09-08 17:52
Before the Victorians made fairies cute and cuddly, they were naughty and dangerous. It was said they would whisk a person away to dance at their court for what seemed like an afternoon and… Read More
2020-08-18 17:34
Here’s the problem when mythology is collected from an interrupted culture: the stories are left partially incomplete. The Greeks thrived for centuries recording their mythology for po… Read More
2020-08-04 16:33
I’ve mentioned once or twice that my superpower is research. It’s also my comfort zone and in these unsettling times, research is where I go to relax. Lately it’s been myth… Read More
2020-07-21 13:16
The other day I was trying to conjure up my quarantine fantasy (not that being under quarantine should be anyone’s idea of a fantasy other than the whole stuck on a desert island with… Read More
2020-07-07 20:40
As a writer in the 21st century, you’re often asked to share more of yourself than you’re comfortable with in order to gain readership of your intended work, be it blog posts or… Read More
2020-06-23 20:03
It’s been far too long, dear reader, since I’ve written. Not that I’m not writing–I’ve been working on editing the third book in my four-book series. But I have… Read More
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