Dissecting Cults In Fiction
Intro to cults in literature part II: genre expectations and what I’m looking for in my readings.
Koji A. Dae
Intro to cults in literature part II: genre expectations and what I’m looking for in my readings.
As I transition away from my serial killer obsession and into the world of cults, I decided to read one final book: The Surviving Girls by Katee Robert. I am a huge Katee Robert fan, but mostly for the Dark Olympus series. I didn’t even know she had this series of procedural romance (is that a genre? It’s what I’m calling it) but it includes one novel about a cult (which I’ve just started) and another about a serial killer (which I just finished). First things first — I can’t say this book was about a serial killer. The killer is called a serial killer throughout, but the actual murders…
Introduction to the series “Joining the Cult”
My kids are starting to freak out that it’s mid-December and there’s no snow in our sleepy mountain town. I’m starting to freak out that our town doesn’t feel so sleepy anymore. It feels like every day there’s more traffic, less parking, and more pressing anger between our neighbors fighting for spots on the street. The only one who seems to be in a Christmas-y spirit are our neighbors who have blazed their house with all sorts of lights. It’s… a month. But in good news — I’m taking the last two weeks of December off work and plan to have plenty of time for reading and writing. What’s on…
Holidays are coming… ho ho ho and upping my SSRIs.
If you could meet a historical writer, who would it be and why? I don’t think I’ve ever fully understood the “if you could meet any historical figure, who would it be?” question. I didn’t take it literally. When someone asked I never imagined hanging out with a writer. I just answered with someone I admired or who had influenced me. That’s what people really care about, right? But getting older, I’m starting to think other people answered based on who they actually thought would be fun to spend time with. Mind blown. My go-to answer to this question has almost always been Hemingway. If I ever went beyond interpreting…