Dan Yaccarino, ‘The Longest Storm’ and Writing for Kids

Dan Yaccarino, you’ve probably heard of him. From working as a the character designer behind The Backyardigans (Nickelodeon), and producer of several book-based animated series such as Doug Unplugs (AppleTV), Oswald (Nickelodeon) and Willa’s Wild Life (NBC and Qubo), to selling around 2.5 million of his books, you’ve heard of him one way or another. Today we interview Dan about […]

Interview With Darlene Jacobson!

All Ages of Geek Darlene Jacobson

Kat & Tat reached out to Darlene Jacobson, a well known author, to hear more about her writing journey! 1. What inspired you to become an author? Thanks so much Tatiana and Katya for inviting me to your blog today. I am really excited to share my author experiences with your followers. I’ve had a […]

Warriors An Old Friend

Warriors and old friend All Ages of Geek

The Warriors or Warrior Cat book series is one of those series online that rarely gets mentioned outside of its core fandom. However, most of the time when I do see it mentioned, it tends to be derided and treated badly. It’s one of those things that I can see both sides of. The critics […]

Wandlore: Hidden Worldbuilding

Wandlore All Ages of Geek

[image source] “The wand chooses the wizard.” For at least some Harry Potter fans, this particular line is spoken by Ollivander, the wandmaker, is one of the most mysterious in the series.  And it’s something we see to be categorically true time and time again. There are many rules to wand ownership especially on the […]