Here’s a thing that happens to me when I read historical
fiction. If the characters are well-written, I get invested, maybe
even develop feelings. Because really, in general, character is my jam when it comes to
fiction....
Hilary Mantel’s historical novel, A Place of Greater Safety,
takes place during the French Revolution, and it tells the sweeping story through the close perspective of three main characters:
George-Jacques Danton, a driven,...
(photo credit: quarantine paint-by-number, Satchel White, Mary White)
Let’s face it. We’ve all been locked down and dreaming of
travel. Or is it just me? I keep asking people where they would go if they could
go anywhere,...
"As soon as we express something, we devalue it strangely. We believe ourselves to have dived down into the depths of the abyss, and when we once again reach the surface, the drops of water on our pale fingertips no longer resemble the ocean from which they came...Nevertheless, the treasure shimmers in the darkness unchanged." ---Franz Kafka
