Writing
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I’m very excited to say that after a lot of hard work, my middle grade fantasy novel, The Uncollectors and the Blue Tombstone, is now available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble for preorders! This is a Romanian folklore based secondary world fantasy with Ashkenazi diaspora inspiration from me and Korean diaspora inspiration from my…
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As I slowly continue my series on fantasy goblins, I must ask: are the goblins in The Hobbit antisemitic? Ultimately… I would say no. Goblins are almost always based on antisemitic tropes. But the one famous goblin example I give a pass to are goblins as written by JRR Tolkien in The Hobbit. Here are…
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Jewish representation in fantasy books and media, especially in high fantasy, doesn’t look like Judaism. At least, not at first glance. Even when it’s overt, some people don’t realize it. Heck, I gave my heavily Jewish-coded fantasy work-in-progress to a family with boys in the right age group for their opinion as beta readers and…
