After thinking further about this book, I am even more annoyed by it. SPOILERS: The main premise of the story is that in order to have alliances and trade agreements with several alien species, humanity has come to an agreement with the aliens. They will each obey each other's laws in their own lands. This …
The disappeared
I finished it, and was over all underwhelmed. A detective story is not very entertaining when there is no mystery. That is the number one rule to learn from this, I think. Second thing to learn is that I don't care about a character's emotions just because you tell me to. Show, don't tell. A …
The end is near!
I finally know how my novel ends. Yes, this sounds crazy considering that I'm 4ok + words in, but it's just how I work. I have a general idea of how things will go, but never any details until I get there. Well, I'm close enough now that I can see clearly what happens, and …
Take the ‘tell’ out of storytelling
I've been off and on watching the Netflix original 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', and although it is lovely to look at with great production value and an all-star cast, it is really quite infuriating at times. My irritation is due to the narrator. The story is framed as research done by a man named …
The New York Trilogy, by Paul Auster
I don't read a lot of (or any, really) literary fiction. But I was recommended this book, or, trilogy of novellas, I guess, by a friend and was impressed by its strangeness. It grabbed my attention right from the start by being about a writer who seems to be confusing himself with his characters. Then …
Jonas David 