Fantasy and Fairy Tales

Kelsey Olesen

Why I'm Obsessed with Raya and the Last Dragon

I watched Disney's newest animated feature, Raya and the Last Dragon, last Friday. And yesterday. And then I've been listening to the...

Kelsey Olesen

2017 Roundup: Characters of the Year

One of my New Years resolutions for 2018 is not to pick favorites anymore, so instead of declaring which of these vastly different books was

Kelsey Olesen

Star Wars, Disney, & the Death of Creativity: What Writers Can Learn from The Last Jedi

The Last Jedi had a lot of great things going for it, including a wonderfully diverse cast of main characters, a female protagonist, and sev

Kelsey Olesen

Books You Should Be Reading: Thorn by Intisar Khanani

Hello all! I have a few blog posts in process, but this week I want to talk about something I'm really excited about: One of my favorite...

Kelsey Olesen

How to be The Witch

When most people think of a witch, they imagine wicked old witches who eat children and put curses on people. A witch is the shadow...