Friends of the magically real -- I have a confession to make. I am watching a 20 episode long Korean tv serial for the second time. And I'm making my husband watch it with me. Again. Yes, Secret Garden is THAT good. "What?" I hear you saying. "You mean you're watching a SOAP OPERA?" Just … Continue reading “secret garden” — cinderella meets selfridge’s meets the metamorphosis meets Shakespeare in Korean — coloring books project 2015
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Storytime Sunday, January 12th, 2014: Grimm Brothers reboot #6
The bargain Once upon a time there was a poor girl who flunked out of college and community college so she had to sell t-shirts and stuff that fell off trucks at the gas station or on the street. Sometimes she sold oranges too. And Louis Vuitton knock-offs. A girl's got to do what a … Continue reading Storytime Sunday, January 12th, 2014: Grimm Brothers reboot #6
Storytime Sunday — nanonotes from the front finale – NaNoWriMo 2012 – 11/25/12
Once upon a time there was a woman who wanted to be a writer. She wanted to write poems when she was a girl. So she learned how to read and write letters, and wrote one, that is to say, a poem, but her parents didn't like it because they were afraid because you never … Continue reading Storytime Sunday — nanonotes from the front finale – NaNoWriMo 2012 – 11/25/12
Manic Monday — Magically Real congratulates Stacey Levine, Washington State 2012 Book Awards Finalist
Dear Friends of the unreal: While we organize story collections and prepare manuscripts, here's another "plug" for a writer who is strange, brilliant, disturbing, and overall glorious. Stacey Levine published her Kafka-goes-to-Seattle-and-has-lunch-with-Barthelme-theBrothersGrimm-and-ElfriedeJelinek with Starcherone in 2011. The name of the collection is The Girl with Brown Fur. Read it. There have been alot of reviews … Continue reading Manic Monday — Magically Real congratulates Stacey Levine, Washington State 2012 Book Awards Finalist
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 