This post is a super duper spoily mcspoilerson. Don't read it if you are planning to read this book. Which, in my humble opinion, would be mostly a waste of time, but it is a NY Times bestseller and it's all Literature-y and stuff, so some of you might still want to. No judging. Also,… Continue reading Super Sad True Love Story
Category: Rant
Hamlet’s Father
For those of you who haven't heard about it yet, Orson Scott Card (Author of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow, which are both pretty great books) recently came under fire for an adaptation of Hamlet. The novella is called "Hamlet's Father," and it depicts the deceased king as a homosexual pedophile who molested Hamlet's entire male friend circle (thereby turning them all… Continue reading Hamlet’s Father
the sponge caught fire in the microwave and no one knows why
Sorry to give you old work two weeks in a row, but I had my rough draft of chapter 3 for Bottom of the Garden due today and let me tell you--that thing is a bitch to write. Seriously. I've re-written it three times now. Why me? WHY ME?? Not that I'm complaining. Now that… Continue reading the sponge caught fire in the microwave and no one knows why
Thesis Statement
In keeping with last week's theme of "questions writers hear a lot," I have a new one I'd like to address. It's one that I've been getting a lot lately, especially with yesterday's Easter gathering, where various family members all wanted to know the same thing: What is your novel about? To the average person,… Continue reading Thesis Statement
Idea Genesis: Ultimately Unimportant
In ancient Greece, genius was thought to exist outside of the body, in the form of a daemon or muse who supplied inspiration for whatever human happened to be attached to them. This was a lovely theory, because it made it easy for writers to answer the question, "Where do you get your ideas?" But… Continue reading Idea Genesis: Ultimately Unimportant
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