Story Time Reviews is a blog series that reviews short stories both read and read aloud. Today Story Time Reviews “The Night Librarian” by Jane Jago, read by Chris Herron on TallTaleTV. Working as the night librarian in a library full of magical books comes with its perks, but also its heaping spoonful of issues.… Continue reading Story Time Reviews “The Night Librarian”
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Without Sequels Your Reader Won’t Care
You’ve got a fantastic idea for a book of fiction. A great conflict drives the story and you write action scene after action scene in a burst of creativity. But without sequels your reader won’t care. No, not the sequel to the book. The sequels to your scenes. Sequel is one of the most important… Continue reading Without Sequels Your Reader Won’t Care
First Lines From Histories You Don’t Know
The first line of a story, we’re told, must hook the reader. Are you hooked by these first lines from histories you don’t know? Do you wa
One Deadly Virus that Won’t Kill You
In the twentieth century, about 300 million people across the world died from one disease in particular. If you were lucky enough to survive, scars disfigured you or disabled you or both. Many of those scars were on the face. Which disease? It was the variola virus, more commonly called smallpox. It’s one deadly virus… Continue reading One Deadly Virus that Won’t Kill You
Comfort for Your Monday Moaning Blues
Traditionally Monday is the worst day of the week. I get it. I used to moan about Monday. Every. Single. Week. And it never got better. Monday became a thing to dread. Until I remembered some childhood lessons. There is comfort for your Monday moaning blues in these quotes. Revisiting the wisdom in some children’s… Continue reading Comfort for Your Monday Moaning Blues