An excerpt from The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin — which is FREE through today. “Are you going to study?” Rachel asked Sigfried, whom she found romping with Lucky in the ferns behind Dare Hall. “Study? What’s that?” Sigfried snorted. “Certainly not. I’m going exploring.” “Oh! Me, too!” Rachel cried, delighted. She pulled a Cadbury’s bar…
One of the hardest problems I had when I started the Books of Unexpected Enlightenment was: What age should Rachel be? This issue turned out to be extraordinarily difficult. To this day, some readers are not happy with the solution. Here are some of the issues that went into the decision: Rachel must be young:…
First book, FREE today! You think this would be an easy question…but it's not. Let me ask you: What age are fairytales for? What age are Grimm's fairytales for? What age is Ursula LeGuin's A Wizard of Earthsea for? When I was young, books were categorized much differently than they are now. Fantasy was closer…
Before we start our post for today, I am overjoyed to announce: Rachel and the Many-Splendored Dreamland *** Six years ago, just about this time of the year, a couple of my closest friends decided to start a new roleplaying game. I wasn't really interested. I had young kids. I felt played out. Most of the…
I am reposting this with the permission of C. J. Brightley, whose blog this is from. This idea seems to have much in common with Superversiveness. Noblebright Fantasy: An Overview 16 Aug, 2016 Light in the Darkness: A Noblebright Fantasy Boxed Set (link goes to Amazon) Several years ago I was fortunate enough…
A placeholding video, until we can make a real one.
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We now have a shop at Zazzle. There are collections there with items from the Books of Unexpected Enlightenment, the Prospero's Children (Daughter) series, Tales of Moth and Cobweb, and the general writings of John C. Wright. At the suggestion of teen author and superfan April Freeman, the shop is called: The Wright Stuff Want…
Come listen to us discuss World Con and the Dragon Awards. On this Superversive Round table we have Dave Truesdale, ejected from World Con for upsetting snow flakes and Dragon Award winnders John C. Wright, Nick Cole and Brian Niemeier as well as the usual group. We will be chatting about the Hugos and the…