Tag Archives: faerie

On Mixing Fantasy with Real Life, A Lesson from Sesame Street (#WritingWednesdays)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This is the latest in a series called “Writing Wednesdays,” focusing on writing resources from the common to the unusual. This one is perhaps a little unusual. For work I am reading Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point (2000). It’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in On Writing | Tagged Big Bird, C.S. Lewis, faerie, fantasy, Harry Potter, Imagine Dragons, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Malcolm Gladwell, Sesame Street, Stevie Wonder, That Hideous Strength, The Tipping Point, writing, Writing Wednesdays | 14 Comments

Writing Process Blog Hop! (#WritingWednesdays)

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Recently I was tagged in a blog hop on Writing Processes by theology blogger David Russell Mosley. Check out his blog, Letters from the Edge of Elfland. The Writing Process Blog hop invites bloggers to answer four questions about what, … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing | Tagged Arthuriana, books, Charles Williams, children's literature, creative writing, faerie, fantasy, Fictional Universes, literature, NaNoWriMo, Ransom Trilogy, The Screwtape Letters, writing | 10 Comments

An Incredible List of Faerie Books (by J. Aleksandr Wootton)

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s Myth and Legend Week here on A Pilgrim in Narnia (see “On Leprechauns” and “CSL and the Music of the Spheres“). J. Aleksandr Wootton is the author of the Fayborn series, a modern, urban threshold fantasy trilogy. I’ve read … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, faerie, fairy tales, fantasy, George MacDonald, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, Middle Earth, myth, Narnia, The Hobbit, The Screwtape Letters, writing | 9 Comments

On Leprechauns

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

I don’t know about you, but I always put leprechauns in a special category. I knew there was a tinge of danger there–an ambivalence that makes them untrustworthy woodfolk. I am, unfortunately, more affected by Lucky Charms commercials in childhood … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Reviews | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Disney, faerie, fairy tales, folklore, George MacDonald, leprechauns, literature, Lucky Charms, Milton, myth, Oxford, Spenser, St. Patrick, The Discarded Image | 23 Comments

‘On the Supposed Unsuitability of Fairytales for Children” Guest Post by J. Aleksandr Wootton

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

J. Aleksandr Wootton chairs the fictional Folklore Studies department at Lightfoot College, where his research focuses on post-war Faerie. He has authored Her Unwelcome Inheritance, an account of fairy refugees on earth, and has recently published a poetry collection titled Forgetting: Impressions … Continue reading →