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The Girl with all the Gifts by M.R. Carey
I'm sure you're tired of hearing me talk about this book in all my posts, so you should be glad to know that this is the last post about it! I finished it! And although it was creative, exciting, with well developed characters, interesting ideas and great prose--it also irritated me quite a bit. Along …
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STOP MAKING SCIENTISTS THE VILLAIN PLEASE
I've had it up to my frontal lobe with this bullshit. It is 20 god damn 17, we should not be afraid of knowledge and learning anymore. We should not see a person in pursuit of understanding as an automatic enemy. What is wrong with all of you writers out there? Seriously, what is your problem? …
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Your characters should save themselves
Still listening to 'The Girl with all the Gifts' and it's still very good, but another of my peevs has appeared. And again, it's not a deal-breaker, and is hardly worth mentioning except I need stuff to blog about if I'm going to do this every day, so, you get to hear me whine about …
Harnessing the excitement of a blank page
The new year is a blank page, full of endless possibilities. People feel they can start over, be anyone, do anything. If only there was a way to keep this feeling going past the first few weeks. For me, the excitement of starting fresh, of having no boundaries or guidelines or boxes to work within, …
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