I was reading an excerpt of a book by a nameless author who I’m less-than-enamored with and I came across this sentence:
…I was ninety-nine-percent sure that I was dreaming because…
Cliche alert. Variations of that line are practically everywhere from Billboard 100 songs to dollar-store paperbacks. But is it really true? Have you ever been in [...]
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Writing cliche: I must be dreaming
Posted in Snobbery on December 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Paolini is fading, Myer is gaining…
Posted in Snobbery on November 21, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Chapter post coming later today, but first a sobbery update.
Christopher Paolini has long been my literary nemisis. But with the recent hype surrounding Twilight, and the revelation of Stephanie Myer, Myer is starting to Eclipse (ohhh, pun definitely intended) Paolini as the target of my sobbery.
Five reasons Myer is looking like a real contender:
For a [...]
Brisigr is here!
Posted in Snobbery on September 23, 2008 | 10 Comments »
That’s right, folks, Christopher Paolini/The Bane of My Existence has just released the third entry in his “epic” Inheritance Cycle.
Keep in mind, I’ve never read Twilight…
Posted in Snobbery, tagged Snobbery on September 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Updated: I guess I didn’t screen this content appropriately and it was pointed out to me that it was more R-Rated than I thought. The link has been removed.
