Tag: J. K. Rowling

  • Some Books I Read this Year: Will I Continue Reading These Fantasy Authors?

    Some Books I Read this Year: Will I Continue Reading These Fantasy Authors?

    2020, a unique year in Earth history, had one silver lining for me. While I’ve had to wear a mask for most of this year and I’ve had some friends and family suffer from COVID-19, this year provided some great fantasy reads. And if there was ever a year I needed to escape through reading,…

  • Don’t Be Afraid. Don’t Be Very Afraid.

    Don’t Be Afraid. Don’t Be Very Afraid.

    Ever since Jeff Goldblum’s character uttered those words in the 1986 film The Fly, he has inspired people to use them in a humorous but sincere way to express anxiety about a current situation. That includes many aspiring writers I see on social media who are afraid “their WIP will not be well received. I…

  • Reading Roundup for 2016

    Here are most of the books I’ve read during 2016: Classics Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert…