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- 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.
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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Tempted Chapters 12 & 13
Chapter 12 I really hate how relationships go in this series. Not how Zoey deals with the boys though, that I expect. Zoey’s young and inexperienced, two things which often go hand in hand. She’s at that age where she … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Another Prophecy, Me am Dumb Hero, These Dreams
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Tempted Chapters 10 & 11
Chapter 10 Let’s talk about religion. Usually that’s the kind of phrase that starts off with someone about to get pretty fucking pushy with their beliefs. Around here that means we’re going to talk about it in context with the … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Hypocrisy is Fun, Mind Control, Talk talk talk
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Tempted Chapters 8 & 9
Chapter 8 We now go to Stevie for the weather. Zoey will be back, after this. This is the chapter where Stevie will decide to help the nameless raven, who I shall hereafter dub the Crow for the sake of … Continue reading
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Tagged Colonel Exposition, Plot is the only Motive we need!, Talk talk talk
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Tempted Chapters 6 & 7
Chapter 6 Emotional trauma is one of those things that really shitty authors love to trot out and staple to their characters. I understand it, to a certain extent. They don’t want to physically scar or disable their protagonist but … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Romance, Suprise Characterization, Talk talk talk
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Tempted Chapters 4 & 5
Chapter 4 I bet you’re all dying to know how long Zoey’s known she was the reincarnation of a Native American honey pot. I could see the comments blowing up below the previous post, demanding that I not leave them … Continue reading
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Tagged Dull Details, Going Nowhere Fast, Me am Special
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Tempted Chapters 2 & 3
Chapter 2 So apparently the chapters in Song of Fire and Ice are titled by character name. Something I never really noticed in spite of reading them. Probably because I, generally, give fuck all about chapter titles and numbers. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Me am Special, Plot is the only Motive we need!, Talk talk talk
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Tempted Prologue & Chapter 1
Among genres, “urban fantasy” has a few distinct problems that crop up rather often. For one, it attracts incredibly lazy authors who want to write fantasy but don’t go in for all that world building that high fantasy employs. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Inert Hero, Machismo for Dummies, Too Early for Stupid
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Split Second Chapters 74, 75 & Epilogue
Chapter 74 The lights flick off then back on and Sidney is holding his gun on King and now Kate. He says he knew she didn’t have the guts to go through with it. No you didn’t or else you … Continue reading
Split Second Chapters 72 & 73
Chapter 72 Back inside with King, he’s busy staring at his watch and counting down the seconds until the reenactment commences. This is the kind of thing people would read about when paint drying has gotten too exciting. ‘A man … Continue reading
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