Initial Thoughts I have been wrecked, robbed of all sorts of things, and I should have expected this because the entire book is about THIEVES. But seriously, my emotions have gone haywire, and I am utterly hoping this is not the end of the stories coming from the Crows. Because I am SO DEEPLY ATTACHED [...]
Month: May 2021
Food and Fandom: Heist Hutspot
I could have probably named this any number of things, including "Kanej Hutspot," because let's face it, I totally made this dish because it's one that Kaz Brekker and Inej Ghafa go back to when they're talking about sharing food during one of their heists. And I love this pairing so. Damn. Much. tl;dr (click [...]
Writing: Muse
Intro: I have not done many fiction writing exercises lately, but at the suggestion of a professor, I can use this time to get back to my love for it, and what better time than doing freewrites with my students? This is kind of a spinoff to my previous thought about "Writing as a Person." [...]
Food and Fandom: Little Ravkan Delights
I swear, every time I see Russian-inspired foods in a book, I go out of my way to try to make it. I managed to do this same thing when reading Katherine Arden's The Bear and the Nightingale trilogy (although I think it's called the Winternight trilogy). So it's no surprise that when reading Crooked [...]