Sometimes stories can come to us in a very fantastical form. One minute we’re sitting at our favorite indie dive bar, catching up with a friend, then all of a sudden we’re transported to a fantasy world. Perhaps it’s the way the light glinted…
Name: Kristi Jo Shields Hometown: Beaver Falls, PA Book Title: The Masks We Wear Genre: Poetry Dorrance Publishing (DP): Describe your book in 10 words or less. Kristi Jo…
The ‘chosen one’ trope, typically found in fantasy or science fiction novels, involves a character being chosen for a specific task that only they are capable of carrying out. Whether that involves defeating a great evil, saving someone in…
The extravagant parties and lavish upper-class life presented in the novel The Great Gatsby feel like something that can only exist in fiction. But did you know that the old-money East Egg town present in the book, as well as Gatsby’s mansion,…
It’s that time of year again: spring cleaning. As the plants come back to life outdoors, you attempt to breathe life back into your home with a nice deep clean. You get rid of old clothes, clean out your drawers, and reorganize your bookshelves….
Have you ever been reading a book and you just couldn’t put it down? It’s getting late into the night and you promise yourself one more chapter, only to get to the end of that chapter and promise yourself one more? That cycle repeats itself over…
