Slavic mythology, poetry, and the creative life.
This is a space for the stories that linger. You’ll find Slavic myths retold, original poetry, book reviews, and honest writing about the creative life — the work behind the work, and the life behind the work. Old stories have always carried something we haven’t quite named yet. That’s why we keep returning to them.
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When I moved house in 2023, moving my home library was a special slice of hell. It took me six months to arrange my bookshelves the way I liked them and to finally feel comfortable and settled in my reading space. I used the upheaval as a reason to install…
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I read Land by Maggie O’Farrell a few weeks ago, and it took me time to understand how I felt about it and what I wanted to say. O’Farrell’s book is wide open, like the land itself. She takes a place, a windswept peninsula in the west of Ireland, puts…
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Slavic Mythology
Gods, spirits, and old tales
My Poetry
Poems for the moments that don’t fit
The Creative Life
On writing, making things, and building a creative career
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Dystopia in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
1.0 Introduction William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is reminiscent of his predecessors, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Ballantyne’s The Coral Island in his situating the…
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NaNoWriMo and Rediscovering the Joy of Writing
A blank cork board on Scrivener holds so many possibilities. Every year I talk to fellow writers just around November, and we discuss the quiet…
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November Reads: 5 Gothic Books that Hit the Spooky Sweet Spot
November is my favourite month of the year, not only because it’s my birthday in November, but also because it’s in the sweet spot between…
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17 Halloween Gift Ideas for the Bookworm in Your Life 2022
Halloween is just around the corner and I couldn’t be more excited! I love autumn for its Halloween-themed decor, pumpkin spice EVERYTHING, scary movies, and…
About Me
I’m Erna — writer, poet, devoted cat lady, and a marketer who came to it the strange way, through stories. Slavic mythology sits at the heart of this space, alongside original poetry, book reviews, and honest writing about the creative life.
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MY BOOKs
Beneath the Surface
Beneath the Surface is a poetry collection about the things we don’t say out loud — the secrets, the weaknesses, the quiet monsters of everyday life. Read more.
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