A Spooky Read for a Spooky Month
“White is for witching, a colour to be worn so that all other colours can enter you, so that you may use them. At a pinch, cream will do.” ― Helen Oyeyemi, White Is for Witching What better way to celebrate the spookiest month of the year than to read a spooky novel?...
How to Homebrew: Worldbuilding, Writing, and Utilizing the Strengths of the Tabletop Form
I’ve been playing Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs) for years. I’ve been running a game for close to four. Since then, I feel like I’ve learned a lot—about being a GM (game master), about writing and worldbuilding, about my players, and (unfortunately) about...
Growing Your Literary Circle
Many of us have experienced it: that feeling when you pull out a thick novel or a recognizable classic from your bag and crack it open—whether on the bus, in a waiting room, or at a cozy coffee shop. When reading in public, an air of superiority may swoop over you...
Writer’s I’d Workout With
Like Socrates famously said, “It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” As writers we often spend days, weeks, months, even years sculpting our characters to be as perfect to us as possible. Yet,...
Review: The Wings Upon Her Back by Samantha Mills
The Wings Upon Her Back 336 Pages $10.49 9781616964146 Tachyon Publications Genre fiction can be hard for new properties to break into. Any new work set in a world outside of our own must sell the reader on the reality of that world. As such, it’s easier for ...
Books from Childhood: Do They Hold Up?
There was a big question that was written on the board one day that inspired this entire entry, along with passing by Barnes and Nobles and seeing a big red children’s book with a small teddy bear in green overalls, reaching for the button on the front of the book,...
Review: Land and Memory: The Woven Past and Present in The Eighth Moon
Land and Memory:The Woven Past and Present in The Eighth MoonThe Eighth Moon By Jennifer KabatMilkweed Editions ISBN: 9781639550685 The Eighth Moon is a memoir not focused on the author, Jennifer Kabat, but on the land around her. Kabat moved to the Catskills of New...
Your Favorite Authors’ Favorite Authors
Have you ever wondered who your favorite authors' favorite authors are? Well you have come to the right place. As a frequent user of GoodReads I took the liberty into investigating who my favorite authors' favorite authors are. If you are also an avid GoodReads...
Maggie Smith’s Many Faces—A Literary Tribute
The day that legendary actress Dame Maggie Smith died was a hard one. Fans across the world raised their cups—and their wands—to the woman who played such characters as Mother Superior, Violet Crawley and the forever iconic Professor Minerva McGonagall. I mean,...
The Storytelling of Quirky Earthbound-Inspired RPGs
I owe a lot of my creative life to the plethora of “quirky Earthbound-inspired” indie RPGs that exist on the internet. You may have heard of some; big titles include Toby Fox’s Undertale and OMOCAT’s Omori. What I love about these games and their storytelling is the...
REVIEW: The Sky Was Once A Dark Blanket
The Sky Was Once A Dark Blanket by Kinsale DrakeThe University of Georgia Press, 2024,80pp, $19.58, paper As a person who reads the odd poem or two and not an entire book, The Sky Was Once A Dark Blanket by Kinsale Drake was a fun adventure to dive into. Kinsale...
Therapy for Thieves: Why Telling an Original Story is Tricky
(Contains spoilers for The Hunger Games and Battle Royale) Can I pitch you my latest novel? It’s about a group of teenagers chosen through a lottery by the government. They’re pitted against each other in a fight to the death as a form of punishment for citizen...
