“Six” the Musical – 10 Essential Books on the Queens
The musical Six is a fantastic, joyous musical that does what theater does best: synthesizes events to dramatize the emotional...
Corrina Lawson
Corrina Lawson is a former newspaper reporter with a degree in journalism from Boston University. A mom of four, she now works from home writing romance novels with a geeky twist, as a sci-fi and fantasy blogger for Barnes & Noble, and is a founding editor of GeekMom.com.
5 Lessons on the Creative Process – “Hadestown” and “Working On A Song”
Everything is seamless to the audience of a Broadway show like the award-winning musical Hadestown. But what I discovered reading...
You’ll Love the 4 Jessicas in “The Variants” by Marvel Comics
Writer: Gail SimoneArt: Phil NotoPublisher: Marvel UniversePublish Date: March 14, 2023 Publisher’s DescriptionOur ReviewYou May Ask, What’s The Variants About?Enter...
Mr. & Mrs. Witch: Delightful and Delicious
Mr. & Mrs. Witch by Gwenda Bond begins innocently enough on the morning of the wedding of two people—Savvy and...
LitStack Review| Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary Edition
The Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary edition, is an original graphic novel of 12 short comic stories of over...
The Incredible Tolkien-ness of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
I had love expectations for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It is based mostly on the...
Eternals: The Theme is What Resonates
The story structure of Marvel’s Eternals is all wrong according to what I've been taught. I love it anyway If...
The Steps To Writing a Mystery
Ideally, writing a mystery requires careful planning, a mound of research, and the ability to think more deviously than the...
Why People Love Series
I love series. My must-buy list is mainly comprised series books. My eagerness for the next story filled with characters...
Historical Fiction: WorldBuild an Era, Not a Year
There’s a scene in Reality Bites (1994) where the main characters sing Scholastic Rock songs after their college graduation. The...
Setting Is Character
Setting is character. That’s what a wonderful writer friend of mine, Robin LaFevers, told me when I was struggling with...
Review| Secret Identity by Alex Segura: A Walk Through Superhero History
The Scene 1970s Manhattan, a city falling apart. The main character: Carmen Valdez, is a young woman dreaming of having...
Editor Joe Illidge on the Evolution of Graphic Novels
When I browsed my local library today, I saw something that never would have existed when I was a kid...
The “Tide Child” Trilogy: Hope on the Brutal Seas
Time wears away at memory, it leaves behind what was important, and you were happy. That is what remains. The...
Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer Is As Awesome as It Sounds
Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer Written/Created by David Crownson Illustrated by Courtland Ellis One of the joys of attending New York...
Review: Not Your Average Hot Guy
Not Your Average Hot Guy: A Novel, by Gwenda Bond St. Martin's Griffin (October 5, 2021) ISBN: 1250771749 The...
Black Widow: How the Loner Gained a Family
Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow is a loner. It's right there in the name: the femme fatale, named for a...
What If? and Exiles: Journey Through the Weird of the Marvel Universe
When Marvel’s What If…? was announced as a Disney+ series, my inner fangirl was filled with delight. The What If…?...
