Rachel Dacus, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/racheldacus/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 12:13:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Why We Love the Magic So Much: Women’s Fiction and the Supernatural By Rachel Dacus http://booksbywomen.org/why-we-love-the-magic-so-much-womens-fiction-and-the-supernatural-by-rachel-dacus/ http://booksbywomen.org/why-we-love-the-magic-so-much-womens-fiction-and-the-supernatural-by-rachel-dacus/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:22:02 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28621 What makes some of us crave women’s fiction that has elements of magic? In my case, it all started with the Oz books. At a formative age, I learned to identify with a kickass heroine like Dorothy, who made her way through mystifying, dangerous magical lands. I also identified with the magical female denizens of […]

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