May 2023 Leisure Learning: Way, Way Back in the Day
…does happen to be the grandson of the famed poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Love of English run in the family much? William Blake, Mixed Media Artist William Blake is the…
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Developing Themes In Your Stories: Part 3 – The External Conflict
…explain how these “what if” scenarios reveal literary themes in the next section. For now, here are examples from three published novels to get you started: Laini Taylor’s Daughter of…
How to Stop Spamming and Grow Your Network
…your interests, your hobbies, pieces of your life and thoughts (within reasonable bounds of professionalism and privacy, of course). So go ahead, gush over your cat. If Taylor Swift can…
Reading Teen Lit
…Tahereh Mafi* Science Fiction/Fantasy/Paranormal Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor* City of Bones by Cassandra Clare* Graceling by Kristin Cashore* Across the Universe by Beth Revis* Feed by…
Ask Becca: So What is New Adult, Anyway?
…that happens afterward. I decided to employ New Adult author and fellow MUGster, Taylor Lauren Ross (and all-around awesome person) to illuminate some of the points. “Of course, I myself…
The Book Nook — July Edition
…first half of the year go? How rude is it that it’s already July?!) Anyway… The July Books Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid The month actually started out pretty…
#5onFri: Five Reasons To Do Market Research for Your WIP
…Favorite Books and Authors! Thanks to my fairy-novel project, I’ve read amazing novels by Laini Taylor, Juliet Marillier, Elizabeth May, and Tina Connolly, and I have every intention on checking…
A Case Study on Art as a Literary Theme
…to react – a sentiment that not everyone, especially Dorian, shares. Examples of Art as a Theme in Laini Taylor’s Daughter of Smoke and Bone (YA Fantasy) Daughter of Smoke…
Poetry Can Change the World
…Dare frame thy fearful symmetry? I still remember these words by Samuel Taylor Coleridge on a green chalkboard in my grade nine English class although who was teaching it and…
#5OnFri: Five Books to Kill Your Post-Mockingjay Depression
…haven’t seen the movie adaptation of The Giver. But from the previews, it looked like a bit of a Hunger Games/Divergent ripoff with a boy and vague hints of Taylor…
