Jane Austen: Personality Typings

Whaddup, dog. Today, we're sorting Jane Austen characters into MBTI types, Enneagram types, and Hogwarts houses--y'all ready??? I thought about doing individual posts for (say) the whole cast of a single book, but I think folks are more interested in the heroes' and heroines' types, than the side characters.  Or maybe that's just me.  I'm...

Let’s Talk About “To Kill a Mockingbird”

No beating-about-the-bush: let's just dive right in. Have you ever heard anyone call Atticus Finch, the hero of Harper Lee's beloved classic To Kill a Mockingbird, a "white savior"? How did that make you feel? Angry? Uncomfortable? It made me uncomfortable, for sure, the first time I heard it.  To Kill a Mockingbird is one...

The Raven Cycle: Personality Typings

My obsession with Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle is no secret. So, whilst I twiddle my thumbs, waiting for that Raven Cycle Netflix original series I was promised (WHERE IS IT? I DEMAND TO KNOW), I'm going to type all five members of the original Gangsey: Gansey, Ronan, Adam, Noah, and Blue.  For each character, we'll...

The Sunshine Blogger Award

The mighty Rachel @Hamlette's Soliloquy tagged me for the Sunshine Blogger Award, knowing how much I love tags.  So, naturally, I sprang to the task "with my hair in a braid," as P.G. Wodehouse would say.  Thanks, Rachel! ❤ ~The Tag Rules~ List the award’s official rules Display the award somewhere on your blog Thank...

Why You Should Watch “The Chosen”

Greetings, Vulcans. *two fingered salute* I am here to persuade you to watch a piece of media acted, directed, produced, and funded by evangelical Christians. Now, knowing how I, your friendly neighborhood progressive Catholic, feel about Christian media in general (Christian fiction romance novels and Christian movies in particular), this may come as--ahem!--a surprise to...

One Bad Apple: Cover Reveal

Gather 'round, folks ... gather 'round! *waves you over to the campfire* My dear friend, Rachel Kovaciny, is publishing the third book in her Once Upon a Western series, and we're here today for the cover reveal!!! *excitement, intensifying* Once Upon a Western is a series of fairy tale retellings set in the Old West. ...

Part Three: Personality Typing, Writer’s Edition

*sepulchral tones, from beyond the grave* hellooooooooo ... children ... (Okay, that was creepy.  I admit it.) In my previous posts for this series, I've broken down the basics of both MBTI and the Enneagram.  Today, for the final installment, I'm here to talk about personality typing as a writing tool: how you can harness...

Part Two: Enneagram!

*dances, gently, in the rain* So my MBTI post got an INSANE response from y'all (I love you guys ❤ ), and I promised I'd do a follow-up post explaining the Enneagram.  Often presented as a kind of "rival" to the MBTI system, Enneagram actually works best when you pair it with cognitive function theory,...

Everything I Always Wanted to Say About MBTI

*sips black coffee* Greetings, comrades. So, MBTI, amiright?  The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the world's best-known personality sorting system.  MBTI holds great sway over the wild lands of the Internet, is earnestly preached by corporate managers in their beige-painted boardrooms, annnnnnnnd ... kind of gets an eye-roll from everybody else.  In my experience, anyway.  Either because...