Some good friends of mine are an American and Canadian who got married and live nearby with their kids. They invited me this last weekend to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving with them. A new feast day! How awesome is that? How many traditional feasts do we get to celebrate in America culture? Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, weddings for friends...Any other big feasts? I would argue that feasts…
I love my family. I was home schooled up through most of high school and I learned a lot about getting along with people and loving someone despite all of their flaws before I had dated anyone. I practiced a lot on my family. Family, when it's strong, sticks with you through thick and thin and is a place of support Characters, unless they are loners…
When a hero or heroine sets out on The Quest, are we supposed to like them? I find myself wanting both things at once. I want my protagonist to be likable enough that if she loses her way in a dark forest or breaks her arm from a fall, we experience empathy. I want people to want her to win. In my attempts to make a charismatic…
I've found it hard to get away from the attraction that Greek myths have held for me. Ever since the morning I opened a thin black volume, containing easy-to-read paraphrases of Greek myths, I've been absolutely fascinated with the stories that always played with high stakes--stories that quite often (and usually more often than not) ended with a devastating tragedy. The unfairness of life was captured…