A Christmas Carol
Life
Thomas Clements

A Christmas Carol & Detachment

I recently attended a live performance of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. The cast did an excellent job portraying the well-known tale in a new

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Books
Guest Writer

Book Review: Black Bottle Man

Guest post by Karen Ullo. Black Bottle Man by Craig Russell Great Plains Teen Fiction, 2010; 176 pages Gold Medal, Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, Young

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Judgment Day
Columnists
Erin Cain

The Dawn of Justice

Therefore, do not make any judgment before the appointed time, until the Lord comes, for he will bring to light what is hidden in darkness

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Life
Theresa Curley

Instantly Now

Once upon a time — that is how all the old stories start.  And they do have a certain inkling of romance attached to them

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A Tale of Two Cities
Books
Jean Elizabeth Seah

What Makes a Book Great?

(Warning: spoiler alert for A Tale of Two Cities after the image.) ___ Franz Kafka, author of the highly disturbing The Metamorphosis, wrote: “If the

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Edmund Dulac - Cinderella
Books
Jean Elizabeth Seah

Formation in Faery

Imagination is twofold, retentive (reproductive) and creative (productive). The object of the first is a sensible reality, which we have previously perceived as such. The

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Books
Julie Machado

Writers, Keep Writing

I saw a funny meme about writing, which said, “Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet”: Vanity of

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