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Talk Story to Me Episode 022: Kitsune by Nicolette Andrews
Come along now and let’s take a look at Kitsune by Nicolette Andrews, a charming Little Mermaid retelling featuring kitsunes and Japanese mythology.
Story Reviews
Talk Story to Me Episode 021: If Wishes Were Curses by Janeen Ippolito
Talk Story to Me is back. Yes, that little hiatus took far longer than I intended, but hopefully things will get a little more regular. Anyway, today we are going to take a look at If Wishes Were Curses by Janeen Ippolito, one of the books I’ve been raving about recently.
Writing
What To Do When Your Story Is Plagiarized
Copyright may be yours from the moment you write a story, but that won’t keep some people from trying to steal it and pass it off as their own. While professional authors used to dismiss one’s risk of another’s work as being stolen as being the mark of a paranoid Read more…
Writing
A Tale of Four Thefts
Jeff Goins’s book, Real Artists Don’t Starve, was quite an enjoyable read. The information in it is not new or groundbreaking in most respects, but it is excellent for artists of all types. And frankly, sometimes we need to hear the same things over and over before we are able Read more…
Thoughts
Bold Kindness and Gentle Words
It all started with my mother. It is her habit to speak kindly and gently to everyone, even though she is excruciatingly shy. Talking to strangers used to send her into panics though now she manages it better. But that terror, despite it being a powerful force, has never stopped Read more…
Personal Tue-Rah
Farewell: Concerning a Grandfather, the Hobbit, and a Story
I have been trying for months now to write a small memoir to honor my grandfather, Bob Farlow who passed away in 2008. It’s difficult to summarize or honor the life of a man who has done so much. He was a true Renaissance man, an artist, a preacher, a Read more…