In a World with Too Much Content, Novels and Worlds Need Creative Marketing

TOO MUCH CONTENT Anyone wondering how to pick their next exploration into a new fantasy world might be rejoicing in today’s rich content and diversity of worlds. However, especially with the rise of self-publishing, there is an abundance of mediocrity. Not that self-publishing is…

Summer of the Tower

This summer, one of my best friends and I had an interesting idea. We were going to read Stephen King books together, but not just any SK books. We were going to tackle the Tower. For those of you who don’t know, The Dark…

Conversations: Mental Illness or Masculinity?

After yet another school shooting, this one in Parkland, FL at Stoneman Douglas High School. Things are happening after this, the 18th school shooting in the US so far this year (and it’s only February). Young high schoolers are asking for change and are…

The New Ms. Marvel Rocks My Socks

If you haven’t yet gotten into G. Willow Wilson’s new Ms. Marvel series, stop what you’re doing and order it. I first heard about this new Ms. Marvel storyline from a news article a few years ago that reported the new Ms. Marvel is…

One Value of Memoirs

Just so we’re clear, I’m not usually a big fan of memoir writing. There are so many books out there and a lot of memoir writing is just some dude or lady talking about the mundanity of her or his life. However, some have…

Lab Girl’s Lonely but Moving Tale

Hope Jahren is a woman who grew up in love with science and lost in the natural world. This is, in large part, because of her father who was a science teacher with a lab that doubled as Jahren’s childhood playground and because of…