I'm very fond of Irish-American writer Maeve Brennan. She was glamorous in her youth, worked for the New Yorker and Harper's, wrote short stories, a novella and vignettes, but her later life was difficult. I wrote a post about her and her work here: indiecateditorial.com/index.php/2023…

#WritingCommunity #amediting #amreading #WritingTips Narrative devices in Ted Chiang’s Story of Your Life Story of Your Life is a 1998 Nebula-winning science fiction novella, later adapted as the film Arrival. Written by Ted Chiang, Story of Your Life takes a less than exciting

Anne Rice's novel Interview with the Vampire was famously completed in about 5 weeks. But the draft accepted by her agent & publisher was quite different from the final version. Why did she change it, especially since her publishing deal was based on the original version?

a 15th century italian manuscript drawn to look as if the pages have been ripped to reveal miniature scenes within

In Bram Stoker's Dracula, Count Dracula transforms from human to vampire, symbolizing a dark rebirth. His ability to shift between forms—bat, wolf, mist—represents his immortality but comes at the cost of losing his humanity and succumbing to eternal darkness. #BookologyThursday

The Pevensies re-imagined in the style of "The Seasons" by Art Nouveau painter Alphonse Mucha, with Peter as Summer, Susan as Autumn, Edmund as Winter, and Lucy as Spring. 🎨 Madi VanDoren #Narnia

Skara Brae is a prehistoric village located on the west coast of Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It was constructed during the Neolithic period, around 3180-2500 BC. The site consists of a cluster of eight stone-built houses, and it is believed to have

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May wikiart.org/en/john-willia…

50% Latin, 50% cats.

Let #Friday13th hold no fear of black cats. In #Wales they bring good luck to the home as they “chase all ills away”, while in #Scotland, if an unknown #blackcat shows up at your door it is a sign that wealth is coming your way! #FolkyFriday #Caturday Image: Helen Timbury

💌Sharing recent BOOK MAIL! First time trying to imitate that book flip thing. Needs some work but it was fun giving it a try. 🔸Umbra ➖by Amber Toro Amber Toro 🔸An Exile of Water & Gold ➖by Joshua Walker Josh Walker (AN EXILE OF WATER & GOLD OUT NOW!) 🔸Dierock88 ➖by S.A. Ernster S.A. Ernster

Available now! SIREN SONG, the second book in my Wartime Saga, set in Southampton during the 1940s ~ A tale of bravery, treachery, and an unidentified body. bookgoodies.com/a/B0D1F75WYM

Communism: One of the worst political ideologies in history. A tiny group of ‘elites’ consolidating near-total control over resources, eroding democracy and stifling freedoms to enable them to hoover up all assets. We forget the lessons of history at our peril.

You know more Latin than you think.

A comparison of the BBC 1995 and the later 2005 film adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. The TV series definitely has the advantage of much more screen time. When Good Adaptations Get it Wrong: Pride and Prejudice 2005 vs. 1995. youtu.be/tzit2ND6AC8?si… via YouTube

RABBIT UNDERTAKERS The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (1883) is weirder & darker than you think. When Pinocchio refuses to take his medicine the Blue Fairy summons a group of black rabbits as undertakers to carry him off! 🎨Charles Copeland

I'm so nosey about long gone buildings and shops and homes that I always blow up the image to get a close look at everything there. Including what's in a shop window. Or the posters on the walls. Or the people. Or the curtains in a window like the one here upstairs. Extra points

This is the feline version of Eugene Robert Richee's famous 1928 black and white portrait of Louise Brooks!

Includes my novellas Mosaic and The House at the End of Lacelean Street.👇 #sale

Editing done for today.🖋️Will be working over the weekend since I had at least one day off earlier in the week. More of the current report written plus more margin comments. Now in the mood for a cat nap. 🐾💤💤💤