Narnia


CS Lewis’s inspiration for Narnia was the Mourne Mountains, Northern Ireland.



Metafiction


Metafiction is a form of literature that emphasizes its own constructedness in a way that continually reminds the reader to be aware that they are reading or viewing a fictional work. Metafiction is self-conscious about language, literary form, storytelling, and directly or indirectly draw attention to their status as artifacts. Metafiction is frequently used as a form of parody or a tool to undermine literary conventions and explore the relationship between literature and reality, life, and art.







And that's how that word came to us....


The word vocation is a descendant of Latin vocatio, meaning "summons." Vocatio, in turn, comes from vocare, meaning "to call," which itself is from vox, meaning "voice." Vocation also has a secular position in the English language as a word for the strong desire to do a certain kind of work or the work itself, much like the words calling or occupation.
The Middle French word  Nuer produced nuance, which in Middle French meant "shade of color." English borrowed nuance from French, with the meaning "a subtle distinction or variation," in the late 18th century.

There are a lot of different way to burn books…………………




(Bear in mind when you read this that Metro can and has, many times, ARRESTED people for eating on the trains)

D.C. writer who lost book deal for shaming transit worker sues publisher for $13M: report By Bradford Betz | Fox News

A D.C.-based writer who lost her book deal for shaming a black Metro worker opened a $13 million lawsuit against her publisher.

Natasha Tynes a Jordanian-American, lost a book deal for her first novel, “They Called Me Wyatt,” for a now-deleted May 10 Twitter post in which she called out a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority employee for eating on the job.

“When you’re on your morning commute & see @wmata employee in UNIFORM eating on the train. I thought we were not allowed to eat on the train. This is unacceptable. Hope @wmata responds,” the tweet read. She added a photo of the worker to the tweet.

Amid backlash on social media and accusations of racism, Tynes deleted the tweet and called the WMATA to make sure the worker wasn’t fired because of her post. She was placed on administrative leave from her job at the world bank, received dozens of death threats as a supporter of Donald Trump (She doesn’t support him)

In response to the tweet, Rare Bird announced it had decided not to distribute her book. “We think this is unacceptable and have no desire to be involved with anyone who thinks it’s acceptable to jeopardize a person’s safety and employment in this way,” the company announced on Twitter.