Welcome to Pen & Sword, a blog by two fans of all things reading and writing.
Join us for updates twice a week as we ramble about our favorite reads, bemoan the struggles of being an aspiring author, and discuss anything else related to the lovely world of literature.
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Horror Month: My Foundations of Fear
We’re almost there, boys! The candy is bought, the decorations are up, the costumes are ready. We’re closing in on Halloween like a vulture circling a battlefield. In this spookiest time of the spooky season, I thought it would be… Continue reading
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Three Spooky Short Stories for Halloween
I think most of us have some memory of reading a disturbing short story in our English class in school. These tales tend to stick with us, coming to mind at the randomest of times. For me, there are many… Continue reading
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Horror Month: There and Flash Again
Has everybody been having a good Horror Month so far? Got your costumes ready? Not to brag, but mine’s been ready since September. Yeah, I’m cool. Creeping and crawling our way through the spooky season, I’m sure we’re all having… Continue reading
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My Favorite Assignment from Student Teaching
One of my colleges courses had an assignment that both baffled and delighted me. As part of the discussion post for one of our short stories, ‘Daisy Miller, A Study‘, my professor wanted us to make and submit a meme… Continue reading
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Horror Month: Fusion Flash
Now that we’re about midway through Horror Month (the most wonderful time of the year!), I thought I’d spend the rest of the month on-theme. Saige had this nuts idea to spin a wheel for a dual-genre piece, and I… Continue reading
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Banned Books Week: My Favorite Banned Reads
Technically, I’m a day late, but let’s ignore that fact and enjoy some books, shall we? Reading banned books is important now more than ever, in a day and age where what we engage with is being heavily scrutinized and… Continue reading
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Horror Month: A Dissection of Horror Creatures
How’s everyone’s Horror Month so far? I couldn’t tell you how mine is, because I’m writing this in September! Greetings from the past! Keeping on theme with the season, today I’m going to do a fun little dissection of some… Continue reading
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Hypertext Essays
While I’m cooking up a few good article drafts, I wanted to share something that I did back in college for one of my courses called a hypertext essay. These essays read similarly to articles or web pages due to… Continue reading
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Horror Month: How to Scare Me
Welcome to Horror Month!!! Like a typical horror fan, October is my favorite month. Nobody judges you for getting spooky or watching horror movies every weekend. This is our time, boys. I thought it’d be fun to kick off the… Continue reading
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My October Writing Goals
Hello friends! I talked a bit ago about wanting to add some more structure into my writing habits, and decided the start of a new month, and the beginning of more structure for me, was the perfect time to do… Continue reading
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