Meet Persephone!

Anyone who’s seen the cover of my book will be familiar with my first blog guest!  Kristen Antunes is the talented, intelligent and beautiful face of Persephone! I hope you all enjoy getting to know her as much as I did! Erin: Where did you grow up and what is your favourite part about the […]

Goodbye Papa

Today was supposed to be another vlog, but unfortunately life got in the way. I have one prepared, but I’m posting this instead. Today I found out that my grandpa passed away. He wasn’t really sick and there’s no confirmation yet on what exactly happened. I just talked to him on Thursday and all seemed […]

Favourite YouTuber Spotlight – MatPat

MatPat has some amazing channels and my favourites are Game Theory and Film Theory. He puts tons of research into his videos and sorts through theories from all your favourite video games, movies and TV show. He has an engaging personality and seems to genuinely enjoy himself during every video. I don’t play video games […]

Favorite Author Spotlight – Carolyn Meyer

I haven’t read anything about Carolyn Meyer for a few years, but I have fond memories of her books growing up. They were pieces of literature that fueled my love of history and historical fiction: Beware, Princess Elizabeth Doomed Queen Anne Mary, Bloody Mary Patience, Princess Catherine Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess Isabel: Jewel of […]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Welcome to my first vlog! I’ll continue including a written portion for those of you who prefer to read instead of watch, but I’m quite enjoying working with the new format. The videos won’t be quite the same as the blog as I don’t have a script while I’m doing them. First off, Happy Mother’s […]

The First Novel

The Ascent of Woman, as I’ve previously written, is a narrative that brings to light the important roles women have played throughout history. Part of episode 2 covers the very first novel. Murasaki Shikibu wrote the Tale of Genji a thousand years ago. Murasaki, though very little is known about her life, including her true […]

What I’m Reading – Shadow Study

I’ve recently finished reading Shadow Study by Maria V Snyder. The start of this new series differs from her original Study books in that the story is not told exclusively by Yelena. In Shadow Study we also get narratives by Valek and Janco in addition to one of my favourite fictional heroines. What I love most […]