Nine of the Most Annoying Heroes in Classic Popular Novels: an Uncharitable Rant…
As none of the following novels were written by authors still alive, I don’t see why I shouldn’t publish this uncharitable list to give a
As none of the following novels were written by authors still alive, I don’t see why I shouldn’t publish this uncharitable list to give a
I first read this at seventeen, longer ago than I care to admit. I thought the writing style was poor in places even then. I
I ordered a copy of Balzac’s ‘The Black Sheep’ (in translation, naturally; my French isn’t up to that!) from an online bookstore, and it didn’t
I read ‘Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J Maas because I was intrigued by the praise given to it in the excellent book
Marty-Stu rapes Mary-Sue and then they find a love so true… I am so glad that I have finished this (by the way, I read
These last few days, I have been reading Harrison Ainsworth’s ‘Jack Sheppard.’ I knew little about this writer before, save that he wrote sensationalist literature
I have written before on this blog about the terrible allure of bad writing, both good bad writing, that is, writing that is so bad
Titles are always difficult to decide on. This is all the more of a challenge, as the conventional wisdom of innumerable writers websites says you
Writers, of course, would not be human if many of the circumstances of their lives did not affect their fiction. Even writers of the fantastic
“I don’t want any one made troubled or unhappy by anything I’ve written; perhaps ‘depressed’ and ‘hurt’ are better words.” She expressed her disgust
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