by Elizabeth Wilcox | Apr 16, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
A year ago, Mary and I began Briarbook Lane, and I began to post here on my little corner of the site. It’s been a real roller-coaster of a year; a lot happening in the world, and a lot happening with me, personally. What did this first year of blogging here...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Mar 2, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
Gingerbreadby Helen OyeyemiGenre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Adaptation, Magical Realism A gingerbread addict once told Harriet that eating her gingerbread is like eating revenge. “It’s like noshing on the actual and anatomical heart of somebody who...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jan 16, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
Sugar & Tea & Rum Sugar & Tea & Rum by N. Dee Miller (@JadeLimey on Twitter) “Soon May the Wellerman Come” aka “The Wellerman” is a sea shanty originating from New Zealand which has had a recent resurgence in popularity this...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Jan 12, 2021 | Elizabeth's Blog
A Themed Drink for Tales of Asperran I just finished listening to the Whispering Lakes storyline (episodes 11-24) of the Tales of Asperran podcast. Tales of Asperran is a D&D 5e actual-play podcast set in the titular homebrew world of Asperran, a setting...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Dec 3, 2020 | Elizabeth's Blog
The Perfect Cocktail for a Pathfinder Private Eye I created my first version of the Araklast Investigations cocktail last year as part of a series of cocktails I crafted to represent each of the player characters in my ongoing Rise of the Runelords Pathfinder...
by Elizabeth Wilcox | Dec 1, 2020 | Elizabeth's Blog
Toads and Diamondsby Heather TomlinsonGenre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Adaptation, Young Adult Fiction Before Diribani could put down the jar to assist, claw hands closed over Diribani’s elbows, and the old woman pulled herself upright. Either the coughing or...