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Navigating Family Stereotypes: The Second Part – Siblings

By Rachel LeitchHere we are, back again to look at some more common stereotypes when writing fictional families.To recap what I said in the last article: due to overuse, some popular tropes have now devolved into stereotypes that don’t scratch the surface of what a...
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Navigating Family Stereotypes: The First Part

By Rachel LeitchFictional families are my favorite.I mean, Cinderella’s relationship with her parents and sisters was just so well done and nuanced. It’s such a good thing that Elsa and Anna had their parents to depend on when things were tough. And where would Luke...
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How Beowulf Inspired The Lord of the Rings

By Arien Andersen While today we think of The Lord of the Rings as being the book from which every fantasy author draws, J. R. R. Tolkien himself drew heavily from ancient epics.  Remember how Boromir and Théoden split their horns by blowing so hard? The same...
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Fawkes: Representing God in a Vibrant Way

By Rachel Leitch ​ If you’ve talked to me for any length of time, chances are you know that Fawkes by Nadine Brandes is one of my favorite books. In the writing community that I’m a part of, this has become such a widely known fact that if anyone posts a question...
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