by Sara C. Snider | May 6, 2020 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
I remember reading about fairies when I was younger and thinking how interesting it was that they were repulsed by iron. I think it’s because iron is such a common thing to us in this day and age. Forged iron is also, in my mind anyway, antithesis to nature. It’s a...
by Sara C. Snider | Feb 28, 2020 | Fairytales and Folklore, Life
Hello, you. Sorry for disappearing. Writing has been hard lately for a while. Like, I-want-to-enjoy-it-but-can’t-why-do-I-feel-dead-inside hard. Wow, things went dark fast. Seriously though, it’s been a struggle, and I’ve had to really work at finding my way back to...
by Sara C. Snider | Dec 6, 2019 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
There’s something about household magic that I find particularly pleasing. Such magic was the inspiration for the Hearth discipline in Hazel and Holly. There’s just something about it that seems so… cozy. Familiar. Like freshly baked bread but with magic glitter and...
by Sara C. Snider | Oct 31, 2019 | Fairytales and Folklore, Hazel and Holly
In celebration of Halloween, I thought it would be fun to share some creepy folklore tidbits. These are actually posts I shared on Facebook over at Crossroad Reviews when I was a featured author for a week, but I thought it would be fun to share here too. Mara Mara...
by Sara C. Snider | Aug 16, 2019 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
Summer has come and gone in a bit of a haze for us. Remember back when we bought a plot? Well, we’re planning on building a house to go on that plot, and there’s about five billion different decisions to be made on just about everything. So that was my...
by Sara C. Snider | Mar 6, 2019 | Fairytales and Folklore, Magic in the Mundane
I’m a big fan of frogs. I always enjoyed finding them as a kid, and I find their ribbit-ribbiting soothing as well. I still remember one night many years ago when I felt sick, listening to them croaking made me feel better. Pretty much from that moment frogs have been...
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