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Books / review: Amortals
« on: July 17, 2011, 08:35:11 PM »
http://www.timewastersguide.com/review/1704/Amortals

review by Silk (sorry it took me so long to post)

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Books / Review: Julian Comstock
« on: June 09, 2011, 09:48:39 PM »

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Books / Did he use my review as a reference?
« on: September 09, 2010, 10:05:13 PM »
A couple weeks ago I posted a review of The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke on the Elitist Book Review site. Today I came across a review on another blog. It seems...echoy. What do you think?

Mine: http://elitistbookreviews.blogspot.com/2010/08/last-stormlord.html

Theirs: http://speculativebookreview.blogspot.com/2010/09/review-last-stormlord-by-glenda-larke.html

(It's not like I've never read other people's reviews as I'm writing my own, and had it influence me. I'm simply bemused.)


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Books / review: The Windup Girl
« on: July 30, 2010, 01:35:26 AM »

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Books / Review: The Hollow Crown
« on: June 26, 2010, 10:40:03 PM »

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Books / review: Bitter Night
« on: May 02, 2010, 07:39:20 PM »

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Books / review: Zoe's Tale
« on: April 19, 2010, 08:39:31 PM »

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Writing Group / looking for a couple of alpha readers
« on: April 12, 2010, 03:44:36 AM »
I need a couple of alpha readers interested in reading a novel I just finished writing (about 70K words currently). It's been through my writing group, so the second draft is finished. I need comments, mostly, to make sure it doesn't suck, and to help me further refine the story. It's (light) sci fi/romance so my audience is primarily female. But I would really super appreciate a guy's perspective on the male lead character if any of y'all are interested.

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Dan Wells / John Cleaver's Rules
« on: March 16, 2010, 07:57:04 PM »
At Dan's blog he mentioned that he wants to make a poster with John's 'rules'. So while I was eating lunch, I read over the first couple of chapters to get this started. Here's what I've come up with so far, but I'll add more when I have time to read more. Add rules you've found in your reading. Quotes, page numbers, US/UK version, and book (I Am Not A Serial Killer=IANASK; Mr. Monster) are optional, but helpful!

UK IANASK pg 14
Remain inconspicuous, appear normal.

UK IANASK pg 19
Avoid situations that would potentially break any of the rules. (i.e., pg 26 went to the place where Jeb Jolly's body was found)

UK IANASK pg 22, 24
"I don't let myself watch one person for too long." 
"...if I watch one person for too long, I ignore them for a whole week."

UK IANASK pg 24, 25
No animal cruelty. "Don't mess with animals." No pets, avoid situations that could lead to something he shouldn't do.

UK IANASK pg 25
"If I ever feel like hurting someone...I give them a compliment. If someone's really bugging me, until I hate them so much I start to imagine myself killing them, I say something nice and smile really big. It forces me to think nice thoughts instead of bad ones, and it usually makes them go away."

UK IANASK pg 26
"I know what good people are supposed to act like, and I copy them."

UK IANASK pg 70
"I used to have a list of people I was going to kill one day. It was against my rules now, but sometimes I really missed that list."

UK IANASK pg 87
Don't threaten people.

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Books / review: Thirteenth Child
« on: December 01, 2009, 05:23:12 PM »
read it here: http://www.timewastersguide.com/review/1694/Thirteenth-Child

If you like middle grade books, this is one to read. I got a $7 paperback copy from my kid's Scholastic book club order, so you can get it cheaper than the Amazon.com hardback. The writing style itself is rather like Shannon Hale, so if you like her stuff, you will probably like this as well.

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Books / The Night Angel Trilogy
« on: August 19, 2009, 07:40:46 PM »
http://www.timewastersguide.com/review/1692/The-Night-Angel-Trilogy

Yes I know it's been a long time since I posted a review. So sue me. Summer was crazy busy.

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