Is it so hard to write good, fae-based fantasy where the protagonist is NOT a pretty, talented girl who gets the Too Good, But Unbelievably In Love, With Her guy ( Read more... )

mizsphinx inadvertently got me ranting on YA literature. Pull up your pants, folks, 'cause we're in for a longhaul!

Young Adult literature.

I am a bibliophile, but there's a certain type of book I have a preference for. I like books starring young, powerful individuals (usually women), who live in a fantasy realm and have to experience some form of the Hero's ( Read more... )

soooooooooo tired ( Read more... )

Amberly came over today! Inbetween running out to the mall, sitting upsidedown on the beds in the guest bedroom (and STOMPING rhythms onto the floor because Little Brother sleeps directly underneath), and various existentialist crises, we both started blogs ( Read more... )

Guys! Guys ( Read more... )

This is annoying. I've got one of those 24-hour heart monitors and the tape keeps irritating my chest. In that slightly itchy, stiff, uncomfortable sort of way ( Read more... )

I finished reading the first book in The Hunger Games series last night. I was right: Main Character ("Katniss") is just ( Read more... )

Reading The Hunger GamesIt's turning into a guilty read. The main character is a bit of a Mary Sue, but the premise is so similar to Battle Royale that the story, at least, is interesting. Even if it's unoriginal. (And according to the reviews, these are some of the things that have been critiqued upon. +1 for Kim Wants to be An Editor ( Read more... )

Speaking of reading (and with a quick apology for the double-post ( Read more... )

Neil Gaiman is my hero ( Read more... )