I want to tell you a secret. I have a heroine’s journey story hidden in plain sight. The Heroine’s Journey is a bit of writing craft that’s been gaining traction recently. Many novels are written on the familiar “Hero’s Journey” skeleton. Heroine’s Journey stories parallel Hero’s Journey in that both deal with people going out Continue
Category: Mental Meanderings
Happy Birthday to the Vampyre Genre!
The first English language vampire literary story was The Vampyre, written by John William Polidori. First published April 1, 1819, it was originally developed as a contest piece. The writers in the group also included Lord Byron and Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Gothic horror became super popular in the English-speaking world in the Continue
