by Megan Leigh | May 23, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSS There is more to mastering writing than sentences, plots, and character. Writers must also think about the genre they are writing in, the audience they are writing for, and what medium their final piece...
by Megan Leigh | May 16, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
At Breaking the Glass Slipper, we love YA with a speculative twist. We have previously had Frances Hardinge on the show to discuss the merits of the genre, in an attempt to shake off all the genre haters. Today on the blog we have a debut YA fantasy author, Alyssa...
by Megan Leigh | May 9, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWith a new film adaptation of We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House, and the upcoming 60th anniversary of the publication of The Haunting of Hill House, we thought it was high...
by Megan Leigh | May 2, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
I like to keep an eye on the ‘best new’ lists that do the rounds at the beginning of every month, highlighting some of the titles hitting shelves. One book, in particular, caught my eyes recently, A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. A space opera...
by Megan Leigh | April 25, 2019 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHere at Breaking the Glass Slipper, we love the 1987 film The Princess Bride. I mean, who doesn’t? It is endlessly quotable, tongue-in-cheek, and full of great characters. Unfortunately, only a couple of those...
by Megan Leigh | April 18, 2019 | 5 Q's, Blog
Most of us have read our fair share of classics, be it at school or later in life. While these texts in the literary canon are well worth reading, they don’t always live up to our modern morality or ideas of equality. A common problem with classic texts is the...
