Blogroll
- Anti-shurtugal Further Discussion on Bad Books
- Battlefield Earth Spork Covering L. Ron’s second largest waste of pulp
- Conjugalfelicity More Sporking
- Eye of Argon MST3K A riff on a terrible short from the seventies
- ImpishIdea Sporkings and Essays on Writing
- Kris Norge's Essays An in depth looks at tactics in a few series including the Eragon series.
- Mission Earth Recaps A series I’ve read and laughed at myself.
- Rejecter Blog A semi inactive blog about Query letters.
- Slushpile Hell Query letters from an Agent’s perspective.
- Snark Squad One of the best Fity Shades sporks in my opinion. They also do some TV shows and various other books.
- Verprose A far more comprehensive list of sporks than my little link bar
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Inheritance Chapter 42
This chapter is called “the torment of uncertainty”. Wow, Chris. You are getting really good at finding new ways to describe your writing. For example, I’m tormented by the uncertainty of whether or not you’re an incompetent, an idiot or … Continue reading
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Tagged Dull Details, Evil Just Because, Talk talk talk
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Inheritance Chapter 41
Let’s talk about incompetence for a second. No, not Chris’s general poor abilities or the failing of his editor to hammer this into a better product or even his agent’s inability to get better clients, leaving her with this hack. … Continue reading
Inheritance Chapter 40
Let’s talk about Saphira’s parentage for a second. I don’t recall which book it was but it’s probably somewhere in book two or three that Saphira learns about her parents. That’s when she learns that her father belonged to a … Continue reading
Inheritance Chapter 39
Here’s a question. Why is Gabby king? And I’m not asking that in the “why is there a king in charge of an empire” way though it has crossed my mind. I’m asking why does ol’ Gabs have to be … Continue reading
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Tagged It's Legendary, Talk talk talk, Why? Because the Author demands it
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Inheritance Chapter 38
One of the things that’s hard to do with characters is to remember who was present where and when. Especially when you start adding people as the story goes on through a series, it can be challenging to keep track … Continue reading
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Tagged Me am Leader, Talk talk talk, The Specter of Villainy
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Inheritance Chapter 37
This chapter is called “conclave of kings”. It would have to be either a meeting of kings or a meeting about kings. Why do I have a feeling that title won’t make any sense in context and Chris just called … Continue reading
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Tagged Do As I Say!, Me am hero, Musn't Let Characters Grow
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Inheritance Chapter 36
This chapter is called “the word of a rider”. Which must mean Eragon is about to throw down some law the peasants. Because his word is as binding as any king and he can just make precedent by speaking. Eragon … Continue reading
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Tagged As boring as the back of a shampoo bottle, Clash of the Morons, Dragon stuff
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Inheritance Chapter 35
This chapter is called “by the banks of lake leona”. It’s better than “by the credit unions of Carvahall” I suppose. Though while Chris cut the telegraphing from this chapter, he still can’t manage to stop beating the thesaurus like … Continue reading
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Tagged Do As I Say!, Tell not show, Why? Because the Author demands it
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Inheritance Chapter 34
This chapter is called “and the walls fell”. Just as long as I don’t have to listen to Def Leopard while it happens. We rejoin Eragon after our lengthy interlude with Roran. It’s been so long I can hardly remember … Continue reading
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Tagged Me am Leader, Slower 'n molasses, Why? Because the Athor demands it
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Inheritance Chapter 33
Authors tend to insert part of themselves in a story. That isn’t news to anyone reading this, we all know that authors write what they know which is why there are lots of books centered around writers. That’s known and … Continue reading
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Tagged Destroy all Humans!, Me am Leader, There's a war going on I think
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