In a recent post about YA Paranormals, I questioned why a vampire (or anyone, really) would want to pose as an adolescent and attend high school forever. My reaction was that it was highly, highly unlikely that anyone would do this. Why endure high school multiple times if you don't have to?

That was before I heard about Frédéric Bourdin, a serial ( Read more... )

One of the reviewers over at bookfails is doing something called the Sparkle Project--reviewing a ton of YA books featuring human girl/stalkerish paranormal boy-shaped-being-who's-hundreds-of-years-old. None of them so far have been any good (which doesn't surprise me, considering that most of them sound like they're ripping off a series that sucks on toast ( Read more... )

EPIC--the Electronically Published Internet Connection--has posted its rules, categories and FAQs for the 2008 Eppies. Looking the categories over, I have to say that they're a bit on the schizo side--not to mention homophobic.

To start out, here's the definition of "contemporary romance":

( A story that takes one central, monogamous, romantic relationship between a man and woman )

Happy Fourth of July to all the Americans on my flist ( Read more... )