You know, I really don’t have any complaints about this book.  It’s well-written, cohesive and the characters are relatable.  I had a little trouble in the beginning trying to get used to the flipping of time periods but it’s something you get used to over the course of the book.
In terms of style, that was [...]

NaNo Update–Why am I doing this to myself?  I really don’t think my brain was built for this kind of immersion in writing.  It needs breaks.  Breathers.  I feel like I’m too close to my own work but I still plow on.  Thankfully, I’m on track with everything albeit just a little closer to insanity.
First [...]

This was definitely an interesting read and I’m glad I listened to those that recommended this book.  While I may not have seen it in Stardust, I can see why people consider Gaiman a fantasy god.  His writing, when he’s not trying to write in a specific style (I was told Stardust read like it [...]

If you’re even considering the thought of editing your own work, whether it’s a full length novel, novella, short story, flash or whatever other piece of fiction you have, go out and buy this book now.  Read it cover to cover.  Take notes.  Read it again.  Do the exercises.  Relate it to your own work.  [...]

Environmentalist vampires.  That sounded, well, interesting to say the least.  The real selling point, though?  The hardcover was $5 on the Barnes and Noble bargain rack.  Can’t beat that!  And I have to say, thank whatever god may exist that that’s all I paid for it.  I would have been peeved if it cost any [...]

At this point I’m finding it hard to not be redundant in my reviews of this series.  Everything that I’ve said regarding characters and personalities and plot all stands except everything’s magnified, amplified, blown up and whatever other synonym you want to use.
Bella is perpetually helpless, perpetually under attack and perpetually self-deprecating.  Edward is perpetually [...]

Everything that I’ve said previously about these characters and their personalities still stands.  The most compelling characters are those that are tucked in the background, somewhere behind Bella and Edward’s single dimensions.  Only now we get to see more of Jacob Black whose mood swings and grumpy tantrums (which would be quite normal in a [...]