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[roku_kyu]

Well, it's been seven days since the end of National Novel Writing Month 2008, and I might almost be back to normal. I need to beg your indulgence for a moment, however:

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[roku_kyu]

Ah, you are always so nice to me...although it's best not to get me going on another "Twilight" rant. There's nothing that ~should~ get me foaming at the mouth over this novel series: it's nothing worse than a b-flat Harlequin type, typical "Male-With-All-The-Power" romance that happened to hit a chord with young teen girls around the world. Really, I'm all for getting young people to celebrate the power of the printed word, so it must be overexposure that makes me want to bang my head against the wall. Not to mention, I generally avoid reading those types of romances, because I ~know~ I'm not the target audience, and I don't generally enjoy the uber-predictable plots (or lack thereof), but I tried to read the first novel for the sake of bonding with my daughter. That's what set me off--reading that dreadfully overblown, beginning fanfic-writer-level prose--then realizing it came from a woman WHO WAS A BLOODY ENGLISH MAJOR!! If ~anyone~ should know that a man's (or vampire's) arms can't be "scintillating", it should be an English major!

See what you made me do? :P My friends know to avoid even mentioning the word "Twilight" in my presence. XD

But anyway, thank you again for the compliment. Also, thank you for the nudge towards Hidden Paths--I have no less than three half-chapters written, but I have to get the other half of each of those done and proofed.

Have a great week (and please excuse the Twilight-ravings).