Victoria Grace Howell

A Book Review of Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

    Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction, presents a bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world from their origin though their upheaval in Ragnarok.   In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest …

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Monthly Wanderings: January 2020

    January has been a pretty good month. I’ve been working on my late New Years’ resolution of going greener with recycling and reusable bags. There’s been some stress at work, but writing has been going extremely well and something happened that I did not at all expect to start off 2020. 

A Book Review of The Blood Spell by C.J. Redwine

    Series: Ravenspire (Book 2) Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: Balzer + Bray (February 12, 2019) Page Count: 448 pages After reading the Shadow Queen, I knew I had to read more CJ Redwine so are Realm Makers bought the Blood Spell! I love Redwine’s style of fairytale retellings and her writing journey really resonates with me …

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Why Retconning is a Writer’s Deadliest Sin

  I’ve disliked movies and abandoned series for many reasons, but one of my biggest reasons is for retconning. For those who don’t know retconning means to “revise (an aspect of a fictional work) retrospectively, typically by introducing a piece of new information that imposes a different interpretation on previously described events.” J.K. Rowling is …

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