by Lucy Hounsom | December 5, 2019 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIf you love a story, you love reading it over and over again. But you can also get joy out of reading someone’s reinterpretation of it. When authors decide to take old stories that we know and love and turn them into...
by Megan Leigh | December 1, 2016 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhile we may wish we only appreciated science fiction, fantasy, or horror that presented ideas of gender equality, we’d be lying if we tried to make that claim. There are plenty of books, films, tv shows out...
by Megan Leigh | November 24, 2016 | Blog
2016 has been a terrible year in many respects, but over in our corner of the internet, things have been great. This year saw Charlotte Bond, Lucy Hounsom, and I (Megan Leigh) launch Breaking the Glass Slipper… and let me tell you, it’s been a blast. Our...
by Megan Leigh | November 17, 2016 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSIt should come as no surprise to regular listeners of Breaking the Glass Slipper that we take issue with female characters being included in a narrative purely to act as a love interest. Unfortunately, it happens all...
by Megan Leigh | May 19, 2016 | Discussion, Episodes
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhen you set out to write a novel or short story, do you find yourself naturally writing a male protagonist? What about peripheral characters, do you unconsciously refer to them as he? Gender is an inescapable part...
by Megan Leigh | May 5, 2016 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThis week, host Lucy Hounsom interviews Jen Williams. Jen Williams is the author of The Copper Cat trilogy: The Copper Promise, The Iron Ghost, and The Silver Tide, and is currently working on the first book in a new...
