I just finished The High Lord by Trudi Canavan, instead of writing (more) for NaNoWriMo. I’m down to the wire and a little behind for my early deadline but I could not put this book down. Absolutely could not. I decided I’d read a chapter or two earlier (I’d been doing that with the book [...]
Posts Tagged ‘characterization’
The High Lord & the end-ish of NaNo.
Posted in fantasy, pondersome riff, review, tagged characterization, fantasy, pacing, plot, robin hobb, the black magician trilogy, the high lord, third person narration, trudi canavan on Tuesday 25 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dalemark
Posted in fantasy, reading, review, tagged characterization, children's books, dalemark, dalemark quartet, diana wynne jones, epic fantasy, fantasy, young adult literature on Saturday 25 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished The Crown of Dalemark, the fourth and final book of the Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones. I think this is going to be one of those books — series — I’ll need to re-read. Gosh, add these books to the to-buy list! I read the first two books — Cart and [...]
Good things.
Posted in pondersome riff, review, writing, tagged amazon.com, boy, characterization, emmy, rocketeer, south park on Friday 12 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I downloaded the soundtrack of The Rocketeer. Woohoo! I love that movie and the theme from it. So good. Thank you, James Horner!
Secondly, reading a few snippy negative reviews (from the professionals) on Amazon.com has encouraged me to make this book the best it can be. I don’t want a review like this, saying, “The [...]
