The Twelve Dancing Princesses: Feminine Joy or Femme Fatale? Is this odd little fairy tale a story about feminine freedom or a darker tale about damsels in distress? …
The 7-Step Process of Editing a Book Editing is arguably every writer's least favorite part of the process. But it doesn't have to painful or confusing …
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Worst Protagonist Ever? This story might be preaching that stealing pays off, but it’s also an example of pure, untamed escapism …
Unpopular Opinion: There Are No Original Stories I have a long-standing hot take that stories don’t have to be original to be unique. Or to be worth reading …
Is Love at First Sight Real? The love at first sight trope is wildly popular, but is it possible to love someone you don’t know? …
The True Mark of Motherhood: Cold Food Motherhood is filled with many a cold meal. And there’s a certain fairy tale that agrees with me …
Ever After: 15 Reasons to Love My Favorite Cinderella Retelling Of all the Cinderella stories, the film Ever After is the one closest to my heart for so many reasons …
A Letter to My Daughter A message specially for darling Juliet: here are the things in life that I wish I had known sooner …
The Case for Romeo and Juliet Was this iconic couple actually in love? Here are many key factors of their story that people often forget …
3 Ways to Achieve a Last-Minute Goal It may be December, but there's still time to end 2023 on a high note. Here are three types of goals you can pick …