Jakub Pavlovsky https://www.almaalexander.org/read-anywhere A couple of years ago, the Odyssey Writing Workshop in New Hampshire invited me as a guest lecturer and asked some interesting questions. (Slightly abridged) What is…Continue readingBest writing advice? READ
In the beginning, the author created… When I first began writing historical fantasy, I was inspired by times and places rooted in our own familiar world – but leavened…Continue readingHow to build a world
The poet speaks of Love A little while ago I wrote an essay-review of the movie “The Shape of Water”, which incorporated the poem quoted at the story’s end, attributed…Continue readingRUMInations
A couple of weeks ago I posted my awestruck reactions to the movie ‘Shape of Water’, writing “It’s savage. It’s beautiful. It’s funny. It’s spellbinding.” I wrote about the moment…Continue readingDreaming to Publication
Excerpt from1st chapter of Random, Book 1 of The Were Chronicles In ‘The Were Chronicles’, shapeshifting Weres and normal humans live in an uneasy alliance. The Weres are officially tolerated…Continue readingRandom Werewolf
From Official Trailer | FOX Searchlight A few years ago, on the lam from a convention which was utterly failing to hold our interest, my husband and I and a…Continue reading“For you are everywhere.”
I was there. Oh yes, I was there. I was one of the original “virgins” who walked into a movie theatre in 1977 – in my case, between to life-size…Continue readingThe Last Jedi and Me
Photo by Michael Lomza at Ubsplash: Marianne’s Palace, Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, Poland There was a question posted in LiveJournal a few years back: You find yourself in front of seven identical…Continue readingWhich door would you pick?
My grandfather’s well-loved book that he read nearly every day You trip over many listicles and other interesting things on the web while browsing – like the strictures at Mental…Continue readingThe secret lives of books