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- Anti-shurtugal Further Discussion on Bad Books
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- 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.
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Tag Archives: Research is Hard
Tempted Chapters 24 & 25
Chapter 24 So I have a half-assed timeline put together finally. I needed some evidence of how screwy this series is when it comes to time. PCK is, if nothing else, terrible about fudging it. Just look at how Zoey … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Evil and Stupid, Me am hero, Research is Hard
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Marked Chapter 12
One of the strangest things I’ve noticed about this series is the lack of names. Or rather the uneven distribution among the characters. The vampires all have names and they serve as bright neon signs labeling the “good” and the … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Private, Recap
Tagged Author Failure, It's Legendary, Research is Hard
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Marked Chapter 3
I’ll say this. If PCK’s goal was to make me hate Zoey right off, they’ve done an admirable job. She’s a maudlin teen that’s extremely spoiled who complains about her home life which isn’t bad at all. If she were … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Me am Tragic Hero, Pity the Poor Thing, Research is Hard
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Maximum Ride Chapters 69 & 70
While Jimmy like to pretend he’s a member of the Real Authors club because he writes a lot of books and gets paid for it, I’m not falling for it simply because he can claim to be a bestseller. Part … Continue reading
Posted in Maximum Ride, Recap
Tagged How do you know that?, Plot roundabout, Research is Hard
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Maximum Ride Chapter 57 & 58
Now Jimmy decides to get down to the business of writing a chase scene. Too bad he forgets that in order to have one, the protagonists have to be chased. It can’t be just them running along, certain that they’re … Continue reading
Posted in Maximum Ride, Recap
Tagged Mad Max II: The Van Warrior, Research is Hard, Where are we now?
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