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Why We Love the Magic So Much:  Women’s Fiction and the Supernatural  By  Rachel Dacus

Why We Love the Magic So Much: Women’s Fiction and the Supernatural By Rachel Dacus

What makes some of us crave women’s fiction that has elements of magic? In my case, it all started with the Oz books. At a formative age, I learned to identify with a kickass heroine like Dorothy, who made her way through mystifying, dangerous magical lands. I also identified with the magical female denizens of […]

November 1, 2019 | By | 4 Replies More
Women Adventuring in Time

Women Adventuring in Time

Time travel novel heroines? It’s a pretty short list. Most of these characters fall into another century and fall in love. There’s nothing wrong with that reason for parting time’s folds, but a fascinating subset of time-bending heroines have other agendas. Some aim to improve the present world by changing its past, in large and […]

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Preparing For National Novel Writing Month- And Why Do It

Preparing For National Novel Writing Month- And Why Do It

Why would a professional writer jump into the deep end of this annual novel-writing marathon, and commit to writing 50,000 words (or any number of writing hours) in a month? I can give you three reasons it turned out to be a blessing for me, when I did it in November 2016. NaNoWriMo: Sharpened my […]

October 30, 2017 | By | 2 Replies More