#HoldOnToTheLight is a campaign encompassing blog posts by fantasy and science fiction authors around the world to raise awareness about treatment for depression, suicide prevention, domestic violence intervention, PTSD initiatives,…Continue readingA candle in the bitter dark
I was born on an ancient river in a country which no longer exists. The country, then Yugoslavia, split into many parts, including my home, Serbia. The river was the…Continue readingMy River!
It seems so very long ago that I first tripped over a low-key article about a little known “women’s language”, called nu shu, which once existed in China, passed down…Continue readingWhen the words die…
At bookwitty.com, Véesah Afifi offers: “Children…in their innocence can’t fathom the weight of some of the most important quotes they hear in bedtime stories,” Afifi writes. “However, we’re adults now,…Continue readingYour favorite quote?
How Thea Winthrop became the world’s greatest wizard Back in 2002, back when Harry Potter WAS the YA genre – (Number One, and then twenty empty spaces behind it before the…Continue readingGirls can. Girls SHOULD
Fantasy is a lens which sharpens and clarifies the sliver of reality viewed through it. Magic is one of the tools used to accomplish this, and it’s a powerful one.…Continue readingThe Power of Magic
In interviews I am often asked about authors who have influenced me and I usually name a couple or so. But there are many more and I have recently come…Continue readingWho made me?
Jo Eberhardt took a look at her bookshelves and realized to her surprise that only 24% had a female protagonist. At Writer Unboxed, she wrote a thoughtful essay about it…Continue readingDo men talk too much?
Or, this soapbox is not big enough for the both of us There are three different people involved in any given story at any given time. There is the writer,…Continue readingAuthor vs Character