Words by Jocelyn Actual
A serious case of true Christmas spirit can be identified by the presence of sparkly baubles in locations that are not actually on a Christmas tree. Like a chandelier. Like my chandelier. Look how sparkly. Look, you! Are you not filled with a sense of wonder? Is not your inner child laughing with hopeful joy?
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Hark! I've always liked angels for their wingedness, and I like this one (given to me by my aunt) for her translucency. I always put her just in front of a light for extra annunciation.
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If you've been keeping up with my innumerable tweets over the last couple of months, you probably know that I contributed a few stories to the online journal The Grimm Report, which has been described as The Onion meets the Brothers Grimm. As I love satire and fairy tales, it's no surprise that I was stoked to discover this journal.
Even better, the editors have recently put together a lovely ebook containing many stories from GR contributors (including those of
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As a woman and a writer, I think a lot about how to represent women in stories. I want then to be compelling characters on their own, fit into the larger world (whether “real” or subcreated), and free of any anti-feminist tropes.
It’s very easy to roll on a topcoat of feminism over any character, usually by making her “tough” (but not tougher than the main male characters!). But
Read MoreContinuing on my theme of supremely awesome moments in fiction, here are five more bits of books that I really fell in love with.
The moment when the signaller Rafe in Pavane endures a brutal test, and at the very end signals GOD SAVE THE QUEEN and passes out. It is the semaphore equivalent of dropping the mike. It's awesome. It also makes you love him, which makes the end of his story a million times more gripping. (Pavane)
The
When you're reading, occasionally there are those moments in the text that are so well-written, so charming, and so fitting that they linger in the best way. The character who had those lines becomes unforgettable, a sort of crush for the reader. Here's a few of my favorite bits from some of my favorite books…passages that highlighted the specialness of what I was reading. Maybe you recognize a few?
That moment when Calvin O'Keefe tells Meg Murray to keep