The Park in Winter
Our local park is always teeming with people walking their dogs, biking, playing sports, swinging. This is the only time we’ve EVER had it to ourselves. It felt very peaceful and sleepy.
Latest Entries
authors / Brit Lit / fairy tales / fantasy / gender roles
Will boys read books with girls as main characters?
My reaction to a blog by acclaimed author, Shannon Hale. Continue reading
Susan B. Anthony and Frodo
How is my favorite suffragette like a hobbit? Continue reading
Gaze at Me Over the Piano Again, Mr. Darcy
A Limerick for Pride and Prejudice Continue reading
Love stories! See us Feb 14.
Some of my local poet and writer friends will be reading our works this Valentine’s Day!
Open mic 7-8pm.
Nickel Plate Arts Continue reading
Waking Beauty cover
Here’s the cover art for my book, Waking Beauty, coming out this May. Continue reading
Jane Eyre vs. the Super Bowl
Year after year I manage to forget the Super Bowl.
“That’s happening again?”
“Every year.”
Continue reading
Book review: Fairest: Levana’s Story
Growing up I never thought of Snow White’s stepmother as one of the big baddies in fairy tale literature. With the new version of her in Fairest, I’m beginning to reconsider.
Continue reading
A “Lunartic” for Audiobooks
It’s here! It’s here! My copy of Marissa Meyer’s Fairest arrived yesterday. I have not geeked out so much over the new release of a book since the 7th book of Harry Potter. I have discovered a new word for fans of The Lunar Chronicles. “Lunartics.” I am resisting the urge to Google the internet … Continue reading
A Lunar Fangirl Moment
Fairest, the 4th book in Marissa Meyer’s The Lunar Chronicles, comes out in 6 hours. Excuse me while I go over here in a corner and have a little fangirl moment. You can see my reviews of the first 3 books in this series here: Book 1: Cinder Book 2: Scarlet Book 3: Cress Continue reading
My Kingdom For Any Mode of Transportation But a Horse
Back in college I spent several years writing a draft of a fantasy/sci fi novel. I was never able to finish it, mainly because the plot started out cute and Mogli-sized, then grew to gremlin-sized and started causing havoc. But it was one of my best attempts at world-building. One of the details I was … Continue reading
Sarah E. Morin 