Tag: authors
Agatha Christie’s Adventurous Love Story
Deanna Raybourn tweeted the epic story of the author Agatha Christie’s real life love story. She wrote murder mystery and she had an age gap…
Secret Library Behind a Bookshelf
Best selling fantasy writer Holly Black, (one of the authors of The Spiderwick Chronicles) built this stunning secret library in her home! I want one…
Reading Old Books
This is a wonderful post about how we should regularly read old books and engage with older art, movies, etc. Lots of other posters chimed in…
Olive Colored Skin and Greek Color Words
This is an interesting and informative post about a dispute over a refence to olive colored skin in a book by Madeline Miller. The author…
JK Rowling Causing the Breakup of the UK
LOL! This is a crazy theory that JK Rowling’s actions after publishing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will cause the inevitable breakup of the UK: Source…
Diana Wynne Jones Quote About Tolkien
This is an awesome quote from author Diana Wynne Jones about attending J.R.R. Tolkien‘s lectures at Oxford when he was trying to finish writing The…
How to Write Realistic Experts
This is a great idea for sci-fi / fantasy writers to use when creating characters that are realistic experts in their fields. This will really…
Why Are The Curtains Blue?
This is a long post started by ms-demeanor, but it’s totally worth the read! It’s about literary and film analysis and “blue curtains”, which references…
Hans Christian Andersen’s Life Was Crazy
LOL! This extensive twitter thread goes into all the ways that the famous author Hans Christian Andersen’s life was totally crazy. Like absolutely bonkers. Andersen…
Quotes from Strong Young Women in Literature
These are great quotes from strong young women in literature. They are filled with wisdom and inspiration: Here are the quotes from strong young women…