The Warrior Queen Who Carried a Head in a Bag, and Other Omissions

The Warrior Queen Who Carried a Head in a Bag, and Other Omissions

Tomyris, warrior queen of the Massagetae tribespeople (here celebrated centuries later later) is but one of the classical figures celebrated by the historian Daisy Dunn THE MISSING THREAD: A Women’s History of the Ancient World , by Daisy Dunn Feminist retellings of classical myth and history are having a moment . This is partly a […]

The Lights Don’t Just Go Out: A Lifelong Fainter on How Fiction Gets Fainting All Wrong

The Lights Don’t Just Go Out: A Lifelong Fainter on How Fiction Gets Fainting All Wrong

My five-year-old and I were reading Charlotte’s Web at bedtime recently when we reached what constituted her—and, presumably, many children’s—first literary fainting episode. It occurs after Wilbur the pig, getting loaded into a truck to head to the fair, hears what is doubtless the most terrifying sentence ever uttered within porcine earshot: “You’ll get some […]

Writing advice from writer George RR Martin author of A Song of Ice and Fire

Writing advice from writer George RR Martin author of A Song of Ice and Fire

Writing advice from writer George RR Martin Did you know that George RR Martin, the mastermind behind the epic “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, often writes multiple chapters for each character consecutively? This non-linear approach helps him maintain a consistent character voice and reduces writer fatigue. Have you ever wondered how George RR […]

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