Why not buy a book because of its cover? No, don’t judge a book by its cover? Total BS. Why not judge the book based on its cover? It is designed for judgement and sales. Book covers exist for a reason. They entice the reader and hint at the story. Most often, cover designers’ stereotypical […]
My love of fairy tales includes those to which I might, as a feminist, be ashamed to admit—Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White. Simpering damsels? Victims rescued by a prince? I don’t think so. Their wildness, wisdom and strength cannot be denied. It is sometimes called the ‘woman who lives at the end of time,’ […]
Greek mythos, author interviews, a top ten list of literary sci-fi/fantasy heroines, and a chat about time loops . . . we were busy this week on the blog! Here is the week’s worth of content, for your reading pleasure. On Monday, blogger Suz Thackston continued her bi-monthly column on female archetypes in Greek mythology […]
Do you ever stay up late at night, lying in the dark, with some event or conversation from the day playing over and over in your head? Each time, you think of some alternate way it could have happened, some other word you could have used, some detour you could have taken, some tip you […]
[Editor’s note: This continues Christina “DZA” Marie’s list of the top ten heroines in literary sci-fi and fantasy. Part One of this series posted yesterday.] Katniss Everdeen, from Hunger Games The second person on this list whose story isn’t named after a guy! (The whole “so many stories are centered around and named after men/boys […]
The greatest women of science fiction and fantasy . . .that is tough to decide. And that’s using my personal favorites, not the entirety of speculative fiction literature. And without considering movies or television. I decided to pretend those aren’t a thing while writing this post in order to stick solely with books (which are […]
We’re going to begin the series with the Maiden. Everyone’s first and favorite Maiden Archetype is Persephone, flower-faced daughter of the Mother Goddess Demeter. Almost everyone has encountered the basic story at some point. While the Mother is busy calling the plants forth from the earth, her little daughter plays with her friends in the […]
Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. Don’t let yourself lose me. -Rainer Maria Rilke In previous blog posts, I have mentioned the term “displacement” as a necessary and crucial step for the hero’s journey. To become heroic, the individual chooses to rise above their predicament and […]
Congratulations on surviving the Ides of March and making it to St. Patrick’s Day! Whether you’re into green beer or green martians, we’ve got your wrap-up of this past week’s blogs right here, right now, all in one convenient place. On Monday, we interviewed Issue 033 author Brittany Pladek about her story “Notes from an […]
Terai looked at him strangely. “You are an odd man,” she remarked at last. “I am a crow,” Nawat said without thinking. I read Nawat by Tamora Pierce late one night, in the wee hours. I had napped earlier in the evening and between that earlier sleep and the meds I was taking to rid […]
