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Category Archives: fantasy
Book Review: Princess Academy
A school for fantasy princesses? Sure, let’s cover the usual academic standards of Deportment, Grace, Manners, Geography, Dancing. One problem: not every girl wants to be princess. Continue reading
Book Review: A Tale of Two Castles
A dragon as a detective? Continue reading
Horses: Fresh Takes on Old Standards
Everybody ride horses in fantasy! Here are the ones I find most original. What about you? Continue reading
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
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
Enclave / fairy tale / fantasy / sci fi / superheroes
Great Christian spec fic books for $0.99!
For a buck, you can buy a Coke, or a great book by Enclave authors! And still have a cent left over for the bubble gum machine. See the $0.99 deals here. Enclave is the publisher that will be publishing my first book and epic fantasy, Waking Beauty, this spring. Black Friday Books: Failstate Hero, … Continue reading
Book Review: Fablehaven
Brandon Mull Middle Reader Fantasy Lots of kids go on vacation and visit nature preserves for endangered species. But only Kendra and Seth visit one for endangered mythological creatures. At first it looks like Kendra and Seth are in for 3 weeks of strict rules when their parents leave them with Grandpa Sorenson. Until they … Continue reading
Book Review: The One
Series: The Selection Kiera Cass YA There’s a lot to like about this last installment of Kiera Cass’s The Selection series. To bring you up to speed, America Singer is in a reality-show style contest to wed Prince Maxon. But each of them has other romantic entanglements. And then there are the political rebellions, terrorist … Continue reading
