Tag: authors
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…
The Last Words of Famous Writers
This is an interesting list of the reported last words of many of the most famous writers of all time. There’s 30 quotes from iconic…
Classic Children’s Books Written By Queer People
Lindz Amer tweeted this wonderful list of beloved classic children’s books that were written by queer people. This was in response to all the people…
Authors Playing Dungeons & Dragons with Shakespeare as the DM
JN_Michael wrote this great response to this D&D writing prompt about famous authors H. P. Lovecraft, Franz Kafka, J. R. R. Tolkien, Edgar Allan Poe, Algernon…