The Fifteen Toughest Book Titles to Play Charades With. What sparked my original interest in writing suspense? Truth is, the suspense novelist Robert Ludlum may be the reason you’re reading this – or any writing from me. Meaning – when I was in junior high, I read an early novel of his, The Osterman […]
The Shadow World: A Sci-Fi Storytelling Card Game ( Magical Myrioramas ) Fire your imagination with these fun storytelling cards. Reviving the Victorian craze for “myrioramas,” the 20 picture cards can be placed in any order to create seamless scenes. Almost infinite combinations of cards provide endless storyscaping possibilities.London, 1900. A brilliant scientist leaves the […]
Storyteller’s Card Game Mrs. Wordsmith is on a mission to take word learning into the 21st century through hilariously fun books and mobile games.We exist to take every child on an epic word learning adventure that will make them smarter.Let’s face it. The world has moved on, but word learning has not. The engagement gap […]
Agatha’s Back: Five Mysteries That Channel the Queen of Crime When filmmaker Rian Johnson’s latest movie Knives Out hit theaters in late 2019, it was met with both critical acclaim and box office success. Some called it a “star-studded thriller,” others “a romping delight,” but there was one constant: almost everyone likened the film to the […]
Manifesto!: The Art Movements Game Andy Warhol is Pop, Pablo Picasso is Cubist and Marcel Duchamp is Dada. Artists gather in movements, just as wildebeests run in herds. Do you know the great art movements and how the great artists fit into them? Play Manifesto!: The Art Movements Game to test your knowledge or effortlessly learn a […]
My Top Ten Psychopathic Crime & Thriller Characters Everyone loves a story with a terrifying villain, as long as in the end justice is done. Psychopathic characters fascinate readers because while they can appear just like the rest of us, underneath the surface lurks an alien and dangerous creature. You might be surprised to […]
A True Event Can Make Riveting Fiction Glen David Gold’s novel Carter Beats the Devil (2001) opens with President Warren G. Harding gamely getting up on stage in a San Francisco theater to participate in a conjuring trick. Hours later, he’s dead. Were the two events connected? Suddenly the conjurer—the real-life Joseph Carter, a household name in […]
Six Reasons Readers Love Historical Mysteries – And Six Historical Mysteries To Love! As an avid reader (as well as an author), I love mysteries of every kind, but historical whodunits have a special place in my heart—and the hearts of many other readers, too. Why do historical mysteries capture readers’ imaginations? Elementary, my […]
A Stranger Comes to Town & Other Newly Iconic Plots Depending on the source, there are as few as three or as many as thirty-six plots. (Foster-Harris’s trio includes “happy ending,” “unhappy ending,” and “super unhappy ending” AKA “tragedy,” while George Polti’s more nuanced selections range from “daring enterprise” to “slaying of unrecognized kin.”) Seven […]
Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle: A Cooperative Deck-Building Game PLAY AS YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTER TO DEFEND THE WIZARDING WORLD FROM EVIL FORCES: Harry Potter™, Hermione Granger™, Ron Weasley™ and Neville Longbottom™ Gain Influence to master powerful Spells, recruit Allies, and uncover magical Items Enhance your abilities with over 140 cards 7 SUCCESSIVE GAME ADVENTURES OFFER INCREASING […]