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
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
Does my guipil still fit?
What happened last week? Hispanic Heritage Month ended What happened yesterday? I roamed the aisles of the newly opened Santa Maria grocery. I stared longingly at bags of Blanca Nieves detergent and individually wrapped packages of Chikys . "Did you speak Spanish while you were there?" my dad asked. "Yes," I replied. I didn't add that for the second time the cashier had answered me in English. What happened? Anything can happen to make me ask the question, "Does my guipil sti
