You know how the Big Lebowski is a movie all about a rug? Well, The Late Hector Kipling is a book all about a settee.
Book Review | The Late Hector Kipling by David Thewlis
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Decolonizing Libraries Within White Communities
To accurately discuss the topic of systemic racism without bias towards any specific ethnic demographic within a gatekeeper community such as libraries, it should be noted that I am writing from a place of privilege as a white American female working in the field of library science. I recognize my privilege and offer this post [...]
Book Review | Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
Everyone needs to drop what they are doing and go order a copy of this book here. It's a book you are going to want to read over and over. Yes, that is how much I love this book. As soon as I finished Circle of Friends, it skyrocketed to the very top of my [...]
Book Review | The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck
Author Information Mark Manson is a writer, blogger, and entrepreneur. He has published two books as well as being the author of his own blog, MarkManson.net. Other things I know about him? Apparently he travelled the world a lot and then got sick of it and decided to settle down, find a wifey, crank out a [...]
Book Review | American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Abandon all hope ye who enter here... If you don't approach this book as the most wicked of dark comedies, it's easy to understand why there are so many people who find it offensive. This book, however, had me cracking up. From the chapter-long rants about music to the gratuitous gore and pornographic smut that grace [...]
Dialogue versus conversation | The difference between good fiction and bad?
I've yet to watch Justified, the modern day western tv show that this article claims has the best dialogue in anything currently being produced, but the article brought up an interesting point: when you are writing dialogue between your characters, the execution is key. If done poorly, it could break your whole story! So how can you [...]
How Do You Find Magic? Neil Gaiman’s Brilliant Answer…
"How do you find magic? How do you find adventure? You go out and you make it and you make it for other people." This is a sentiment that I myself have often felt; that there is a great lack of magic in the world. What I mean is that when you are a child, [...]
Book Review | Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was [...]
World Building Beyond Basics: Part I – Legends
Every great story makes use of legends to add depth and intrigue to their tales. Take Lord of the Rings for example and the Dol Guldur. Or Harry Potter and the Shrieking Shack. Or Game of Thrones and Castamere, or the comet, or the moon filled with dragons. Or how about The Legend of Zelda: [...]
Anne Rice’s Approach To Storytelling
Every author has their own unique approach to storytelling. Today we are going to be looking at The Queen of The Damned herself, Anne Rice. She was widely known in the 80's for her Vampire Chronicle series, The Lives of the Mayfair Witches series and her portrayal of complexly deep villains. If I may paraphrase, [...]
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