Tag: authors
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…
Author Shares Stories of the Sexism She’s Faced
Victoria “V.E.” Schwab shared some of the many stories of sexism she’s faced over the years as a female author. It’s so wrong that woman…
Response To Fan Who Claims Shakespeare Was Saying “Men Ruin Everything”
A historian had a really great, in-depth response to this fan who claimed that Shakespeare was trying to say “men ruin everything” with his work….
Dude Tries to Claim Credit for Frankenstein’s Monster
@woodmuffin posted on twitter about just how much credit Mary Shelley deserves for coming up with Frankenstein’s monster. Like he says, not only was she the…
Great Advice for Juggling Life
YA author Jennifer Lynn Barnes posted this great advice from author Nora Roberts about how to juggle life by balancing work and family. You just have to look…
Bringing Animorphs Fandom Back
This post suggests we should bring Animorphs fandom back to replace Harry Potter since J. K. Rowling has ostracized so many of her fans with…