Small disclaimer: this post is catered to my personal preferences in houses and decorating. If you enjoy the newer types of architecture, that’s fine! Everyone has different tastes. I’ve always had an interest in older architecture since I was a kid. Anyone who knows me knows I’m a (very) old…

In case you didn’t know. — Yeah, I said it. With you continuously telling yourself you can’t or you shouldn’t be a writer or that you don’t have the time, you’re making it easier for the rest of us who are past those excuses. You’re effectively filling the pockets of other writers. …

Lydia Bennet: Daughter. Sister. Entitled wild child. There aren’t too many book characters that I feel so strongly about than Lydia Bennet. …

One of the best parts of historical fiction is the freedom to choose. A writer can create a timeline with historical facts while building a fictional narrative that draws upon as many or as few truths as they wish. …

No, seriously. I’d have this good-natured disagreement all the time with my best friend about the eligibility of Edward Fairfax Rochester in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Our disagreement was as follows: she talks about how much she hates him, and I refute her claims. Being older and looking deeper into…

Are Udemy classes accredited? No. Should you be using their online learning services? Probably. What Is Udemy? Udemy is an online learning platform dedicated to professional and self-development by offering virtual classes in different concentrations. …

Besides looking like a cool intellectual by telling people you’ve read Homer’s Iliad, there are many reasons. It Helps Us Understand the World Around Us Do you know those boring essays that your teachers made you write in high school? …

It should come as no surprise that the world-renowned Queen of Mystery should have some mysteries of her own. Agatha Christie is well known for her hard-to-solve detective fiction stories riddled with red herrings but did you know that she has a personal mystery? What’s even better is that no…

Though many have been introduced to Sabina Spielrein as a character played by Keira Knightley in the 2011 film A Dangerous Method, Spielrein was a leading figure during the beginning of psychological science and behaviour therapy. Ironically, before Sabina Spielrein became a doctor, she was a patient being treated in…