Tag: authors
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…
Unsettling Short Stories In Textbooks
Here is an interesting list of unsettling short stories that people have read in textbooks for school. Lots of other commenters added more weird short…
Extremely Goth Moments from the Life of Mary Shelley
Wow. The legendary English novelist Mary Shelley led an extremely badass goth life. Not only did she write the Gothic novel Frankenstein, which is considered…
Louisa May Alcott May Have Been a Closeted Trans Man
TL;DR: Louisa May Alcott may have been a closeted trans man with gender dysphoria and there is strong evidence in their writings to demonstrate this….
Terry Pratchett’s Meteorite Sword
This post is a great reminder about how Sir Terry Pratchett smelted and forged his own meteorite sword. He made it when he was knighted….
Make Good Art Quote by Neil Gaiman – Comic
Cartoonist Gavin Aung Than of Zen Pencils adapts famous inspirational quotes into comic stories. Below is one of our favorite quote comics from the wonderful mind of…