The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the Big Fun In A Little Package Novella Challenge, the I Just Have To Read More Of That Author Challenge, and the Read the Sequel 2017 Challenge. This interesting and slightly-odd novella connects to Patrick Rothfuss‘ outstanding Kingkiller […]
Read More Book Review: The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick RothfussHow to Read Like A Published Writer Written by Caitlin Jans | February 27, 2017 I was a reader long before I was a writer. As a child I fell in love with books like The Balloon Tree, A Wrinkle in Time and Ramona Quimby, Age 8. That love of books has never left me. […]
Read More Read Like a WriterIf you’ll recall, I said a while back that I really enjoyed Jenna Moreci’s vlog. This is her latest, and I think that this is a system that I can get behind! I will probably use it to deal with my high fantasy novel, which has run into some roadblocks.
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Have you noticed how the supporting females roles in science fiction television and movies have been portrayed, especially over the last 60 years? I found myself wondering what was going on. Female characters like T’Pol in Star Trek: Enterprise, and Seven of Nine in Star Trek: Voyager were rendered…
I enjoy dark stories. I like reading about characters that struggle, worlds on the brink of destruction and in need of saving, words that go into the deep, little-seen parts of the soul. I like writing them, too. And that’s why I’m so disturbed by what darkness in fiction has turned into. It seems like […]
Read More Darkness in Fiction: 7 Tips for Writing Dark StoriesThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and the Second Best Reading Challenge at Worlds Without End. I had to struggle to determine what I was going to give this book as a rating. I can’t say it was a bad book, […]
Read More Book Review: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt VonnegutStar Songs of An Old Primate by James Tiptree Jr. My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Reading Challenge, the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge, and the Collections! Reading Challenge at Worlds Without End. Two of the novellas in this collection were also counted towards similar, but not the […]
Read More Book Review: Star Songs of an Old Primate by James Tiptree Jr.Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr. My rating: 5 of 5 stars SPOILER ALERT! Read for the 12 Awards in 12 Months Reading Challenge, the Big Fun in a Little Package Novella Challenge, the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge, and the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge at Worlds Without End. I could […]
Read More Novella Review: Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr.The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the I Just Have to Read More of That Author Reading Challenge, the Military Spec-Fic Reading Challenge, the Giants of Genre: A Long Book Challenge, the Read the Sequel Reading Challenge, and the Space Opera Reading Challenge at Worlds Without […]
Read More Book Review: The Shadow of Saganami by David WeberI love Jenna Moreci’s YouTube channel! I’m sharing some of her writing tips because not only do I generally agree with her advice, but I enjoy the way she presents them. (Except that she’s a plotter and I’m a plantser, so we don’t always see eye to eye about that. She likes more planning than […]
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