updating fairy tales – Trish Hopkinson

How to Write Lost and Found Poems and Equations – guest post by Rob Carney

By Guest Author on May 2, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Most sequels aren’t better than (or even as good as) the first of something, I agree. But re-inventions very well might be. For instance, the Christopher Nolan Batman movies are better the two by Tim Burton, and if you don’t like the reboot of the Star Trek movies […]

How to Update Fairy Tales – guest post by Rob Carney

By Guest Author on December 6, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Think about some wrong things being pointed out in fairy tales, then think about similar wrong things in our own time and place, and match them up. I’m suggesting this exercise for three reasons: First, because I hear a lot of people hoping for a “fairy-tale ending,” and […]