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Book: Heartless Author: Marissa Meyer Summary: An imagining of the origin story of The Queen of Hearts “One to be a murderer. One to be a Martyr. One to be a Monarch. One to go Mad” -Marissa Meyer, Heartless I have loved Alice in Wonderland for as...
Image credit: Maxwell Air Force Base Victoria Greene is an ecommerce marketing expert and freelance writer who considers herself naught but a minor player on the world’s stage. You can read more of her work at her blog Victoria Ecommerce. I think it’s interesting to note that...
Play: Hamlet Scene: Act 5, Scene 1 Playwright: William Shakespeare Summary: A tragic ghost story about Prince Hamlet’s quest to avenge his father and everything that happens along the way. “Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something...
Good stories have a well-baited hook in the first few sentences that grab the reader/listener/audiences’ attention and plants a deep seed of curiosity and yearning want – nay, need – to know more. Beyond the proverbial “Once Upon A Time…” there are many ways you can incite the interest of...
Book: The Shape of Water Author: Guillermo Del Toro, Daniel Kraus Summary: Based on Guillermo Del Toro’s movie of the same name, Del Toro describes The Shape of Water as “A Fairytale for Troubled Times”. “She reaches out to him. To herself. There is no difference. She understands now....
Olivia Allen: I have a character who has a cameo in almost every story that I write. She sometimes changes her name and moves around a lot, but she is still the same person. I have spent a lot of time with her, and I still think she is keeping...
Book: The Night Circus Author: Erin Morgenstern Summary: We watch the magical development of two destined competitors, set against the growth of a unique and dreamlike circus. “The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards,...
“They’re like that on social media, but are they like that in real life?” “Oh, people can make that on Pinterest but not in real life.” “Nobody’s hair looks that good in real life.” We say this kind of stuff all the time, as though there is a way access...
Book: Turtles All The Way Down Author: John Green Summary: We follow the mystery of missing billionaire, Russell Picket, through the eyes of young Aza Holmes, struggling keep herself afloat in the stifling grasp of intense anxiety. '"But the really scary thing is not turning and...
Model and toy trains have fascinated adults and children since the early 1900’s. While most of today’s kids spend much of their time playing videos games and with toys that have video screens, trains are still enjoyed and played with kids of all ages. I received my first Lionel train...
Book: Ficciones, “The Garden of Forking Paths” Author: Jorge Luis Borges Translators: Helen Temple and Ruthven Todd Summary: Yu Tsun is being hunted down by Captain Richard Madden. He knows the name of a city that is to be bombed and must communicate this to the Chief, without getting...
