Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance-Book Review
Women of the Fairy Tale Resistance details a group of women writers in 17th century Paris, their sisterhood of writing fairy tales, and their legacy as originators erased from history. Harrington organizes her book into chapters that highlight a significant contributor to the salon story workshops and two of their translated works named fairy tales by Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy. Readers will reconnect with familiar characters and conflicts, or discover they never loved this ty
An Offering (Of)r(End)a(s)
What is this? Another poem. Another poem is just as well, A deep well, Of well, Then ... what? Memory comes next. I’m asked to gaze At my hands. When I look at my hands, Usually, I stare at my nails. But not today, Because the question is who Not what,. Nails went into a coffin. Her coffin into a grave, Dug. Not For her Not A well. Dug deep, still No water, still, The years gathered, Drawn up from a well, Like water. And there's more, Space. For keeping. For resting. Above wa
My Writing Year: On Brand
Brand I am reminded of costumes – be it the time of year or this group of chapters (Chpt. 4 It All Starts With Your Work, Chpt. 5 Relationship Building and Literary Citizenship, Chpt. 6 Networking with the Powerful or Influential, Chpt. 7 Your Online Foundation: Website, Email, and Social Media). Costumes are a question of how and for what you want to be noticed, and perhaps, like a brand unidentified, an excuse to be what you don’t think you can claim, at least not yet. In L
