Sarah Zama's Blog, page 41
July 19, 2018
#YearOfTolkien – One year of reading Tolkien (almost) every day
Last summer I started a readalong of Tolkien’s main work with a group of readers from my reading community Litsy. I posted about the five original books we planned to read here: The Hobbit, The...
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July 18, 2018
Nelson Mandela Day 2018
“ As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” NELSON MANDELA 18 July 1918 – 18 July 2018 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Google+ Reddit WhatsApp
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July 12, 2018
Thursday Quotables – The Return of Sherlock Holmes
“No,” Holmes answered, in his gentlest voice. “I will not cause you any unnecessary trouble, lady Brackenstall, and my whole desire is to make things easy for you, for I am convinced that you are...
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July 9, 2018
The Titanic: The First Modern Disaster – A guest post by Elizabeth Blackwell
Last month I posted about On a Cold Dark Sea, a novel by Elizabeth Blackwell that I really enjoyed. I reached out to Elizabeth and discovered we both love the 1920s and the early XX...
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July 7, 2018
Gang Roundup – July 2018
So summer has arrived in this corner of the world (Italy), and if you think I’m happy, I’ll just say I was a penguin in another life. You see my problem, don’t you? But there’s...
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June 29, 2018
Art Deco: the Flame of Creativity Before Darkness
This is very embarrassing. I intended to blog about Art Deco – Gli anni ruggenti in Italia right after I visited the exhibition in June… last year. I was ecstatic. I simply, utterly loved it....
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June 26, 2018
#CharactersTell – Bones of the Titans
In May I took part to yet another Twitter meme devoted to characters and I enjoyed this one even more than the #StoryWarriors because here I got to speak in my characters’ voice. I know...
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June 21, 2018
Thursday Aesthetic – It’s not lightly
It’s not lightly that a man chooses his own brother From “The Bonecaster’s Coin” by Sarah Zama A couple of my beta readers asked me what it is of Ghost Trilogy, since I...
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June 14, 2018
Thursday Quotables – On a Cold Dark Sea
When the officer returned to his position, the next three passengers were already aboard, and for the rest of his life, the pitiful tableau they formed was the first image that sprung to mind when...
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June 11, 2018
#StoryWarriors – The Frozen Maze
During the last few months, I’ve partecipated in a few challenges on Twitter, all focused on my WIPs. It was fun and since I’m working on all this stories (one way or another) I though...
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