Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
If you have read enough original Grimm or Anderson fairy tales you know that Disney had to tone them way down to be G rated. The prompt this week was to retell a fairy tale and in the spirit of spooky season – go dark with it. I don’t think my retelling is really horror
Title: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of FaeriesAuthor: Heather FawcettPublication Date: 2023Publishing House: DEL REY I have heard about this book for a while and finally decided to pick it up. This book I did end up buying new and I’ve already got the second one ordered. This was a book I finished in a day. Synopsis: A
Here is a bit of a late Valentine’s Day poem from our writing group. The topic for this week was romance in any form. I did not win writer of the week but Keltin did get 2nd place. Happy (late) Valentine’s Day. Happily Ever After Happily ever after,That’s what the fairy tales sayHappens at the
The prompt this last week was to select an image from a selection of interesting medieval manuscript art and write anything about it. I selected two separate images. The story for the second image is below. Normally I only do edits for spelling but I also did I a bit of reorganization as far as
The weekend before the shelter-in-place order came in Keltin and I practiced some social distancing at the local botanic garden for a little photo shoot. Despite thinking I was going to freeze these were so much fun to take and Keltin got to show off his photography skills! I loved getting to feel like a
Title: Night TigerAuthor: Yangsze ChooPublication Date: 2019Publishing House: Flatiron Books It has been a while since I did a Book of the Month box review. I’m a bit behind on my reading. Night Tiger is actually my January Book of the Month…oops but better late than never. Night Tiger follows the intertwining stories of Ji
Title: The Darkest Part of the ForestAuthor: Holly BlackPublication Date: 2015Publishing House: Hachette Book Group I have a good friend that is a librarian and during one of her visits over the summer we ended up at a used book store – not an uncommon occurrence for us. One of the books that she suggested and was The Darkest Part of the Forest. This Holly
McGee Travel Tales 