More on the Mary Sue and the Marty Stu
I have written before about the Mary Sue and the Marty Stu/Gary Stu. It’s rather fun to poke fun at the most outrageous versions of
I have written before about the Mary Sue and the Marty Stu/Gary Stu. It’s rather fun to poke fun at the most outrageous versions of
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
‘My Lady Ludlow’ could be classed among Elizabeth Gaskell’s novels, being over 60,000 words long. Still, it’s a good deal shorter than the three volumes
In my previous post, I was writing about Albert Zuckerman’s quote and its applicability to questionable anti-heroes, or heroes who convert from anti-heroes into actual
While writing some ghost stories myself, I have been re-reading some of the ones I came across years ago by way of inspiration. I found
These days, it is a firm convention of romantic novels that there must be a happy ending – otherwise, it confounds reader expectations. While some
I wrote a longish post about research for historical novels and changing opinions on ‘facts’ in history, and guess what – my PC has
When writing tales of terror, it can be difficult to keep balanced along the thin line between the terrifying and the ludicrous –
My PC has just eaten a longish post I write all about research for historical novels, and the changing nature of the understanding of what
Following on from my recent post about antagonists, it is interesting how that role is often played by an inhuman character, and can even be
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