L.A. Catron's Blog, page 2

Christmas Origins

I know I’m a little late with this, but I can’t stop thinking about how Christmas is really the most amazing example of a modern Fairytale. It assimilated the best parts of many major belief systems, found a way to survive our modern need to disbelieve everything, and still manages to teach a relevant lesson.
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The Heroic Autumn Reading List

As fall swings into winter I feel I’m losing my opportunity to read my favorite autumn stories! I love to read heroic, epic adventures in the fall. I like reading about people who are truly noble, or persevere under intensely difficult situations. Or I like reading something so very well crafted that I can’t find
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20 Things About Me

#20ThingsAboutMe is trending on Twitter and I wonder if I can come up with 20 interesting things? I guess I’m about to find out! 1. My personality type is INFJ, if that means anything to anyone. 2. Social interaction with anyone not in my intimate circle of family and friends drains and exhausts me. I
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Dishonored

I just finished the game Dishonored. I give it 7 out of 10. I’d been looking forward to this game. Heard good things. I’m not usually an Assassin-type game lover. Haven’t played Assassin’s Creed or any of its sequels. But I heard this game was by Bethesda, one of my favorite game producers (yes, yes,
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Review: The Infernal Devices Trilogy

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare My rating: 4 of 5 stars I just read a Patrick Rothfuss book review over on Goodreads (in which Pat reviews The Lies of Locke Lamora) and by comparison, I feel that my book reviews are … just a little wimpy. So! While my reviews over on Goodreads need work,
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Review: ElfQuest: The Grand Quest Volume 1

ElfQuest: The Grand Quest Volume 1 by Wendy Pini My rating: 5 of 5 stars The ElfQuest series is one of the most brilliant graphic novels and fantasy tales in existence. Mixing the American love for epic heroism with Japanese styled artwork, the story is about Elven friendship, family, diversity, love, and the struggle to
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Fun and Inspiring Fantasy Summer Reading List

I’ve been trying to compile a reading list to recommend to my friends this summer, but I had to give it more thought than I’d anticipated. I found myself wondering why some of my all-time favorites just didn’t make it onto my summer reading list. After some thought, I realized that I have different moods,
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Arya Stark’s Reading List

Arya Stark’s from Game of Thrones is a pretty spunky young lady. She believes women can be heroes. And kick men’s butts. She takes family betrayal (like when her sister sides with a rotten prince against her) pretty hard. And she’s a very practical, survival oriented person. For this reason, the first book I place
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Ten Lies Keeping Me From Writing

In response to Katherine Grubb’s “Top 10 Lies I Had To Discard To Become A Writer” post over at http://10minutewriter.com/?p=2358 I thought I’d make my own list. Some are pretty similar to hers, but just different enough that I felt a list of my own was warranted (I think every writer has their own list
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Why Terry Deary’s stance on libraries is both Right … and Wrong

There’s a great deal of outrage over the anti-library stance that UK author Terry Deary espoused recently. First and foremost, I’m seeing a lot of childish name calling aimed at the author, who, like any of us, has a right to voice his opinion. So, could we all calm down and act like civilized adults
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