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Quarantine Diaries: The time to create Fractured Fairy Tales

November 11, 2020June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

We all grew up fairy tales, You are never too old for fairy tales – or, maybe, some day you will be old enough to read them properly. So I’ve…Continue readingQuarantine Diaries: The time to create Fractured Fairy Tales

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What can fairy tales possibly teach us?

July 3, 2019June 9, 2021Alma Alexander

I didn’t get to Disneyland until I was a grown woman – and I was wholly unprepared for the rushing feelings that swept over me as I stood there and…Continue readingWhat can fairy tales possibly teach us?

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Good advice?

June 11, 2015Alma Alexander

They didn’t ask me, but Clickhole asked some other authors: What’s your most important advice for young writers? If I had been asked, I would have told beginners: If you’re…Continue readingGood advice?

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RIVER

April 14, 2015Alma Alexander

Rivers have always been very important to humankind, I say in the intro to my anthology, River. They’ve been called gods. They’ve been blessed and cursed and venerated and used…Continue readingRIVER

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Famous Last Words

September 16, 2014Alma Alexander

Many years ago, I went to visit the grave of J. R. R. Tolkien in Wolvercote Cemetery in Oxford. It took some finding in amogst the sea of…Continue readingFamous Last Words

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Do you have an opinion?

January 23, 2014Alma Alexander

A Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Book Meme At SF Signal, John DeNardo wants to know what people think about the Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror books they have been…Continue readingDo you have an opinion?

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How do dragons breath fire?

January 6, 2014Alma Alexander

What does a narcissistic flying reptile that loves the taste of crispy dwarves have in common with a beetle that shoots hot, caustic liquid from its butt? More than you…Continue readingHow do dragons breath fire?

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Slave’s novel a best seller, 150 years later

September 20, 2013Alma Alexander

In 2002, a novel thought to be the first written by an African-American woman became a best seller. Called “The Bondwoman’s Narrative,” the book was signed ‘by Hannah Crafts.’ In…Continue readingSlave’s novel a best seller, 150 years later

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