Tag Archives: Neil Gaiman

“Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said” by C.S. Lewis

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Perhaps no one would be more surprised than C.S. Lewis himself at the success of his classic children’s stories, The Chronicles of Narnia. Hundreds of millions of copies of the Narnian tales have been sold, and they are read and … Continue reading →

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Great First Lines

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

Anyone who writes knows how hard we work on the first line. It’s not that we are trying to live up to all the great first lines. It doesn’t matter how many best of times-worst of times stories we write, … Continue reading →

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