When I was growing up and reading books, I encountered a lot of first person point of view. As a result, I started writing in first person when I was in middle school, thinking clearly that was the best perspective. It took several creative writing classes and a truck load of short stories (and, surprisingly [...]
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The first person perspective in fantasy rant
posted by erin on January 9, 2009
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2009/first-person-perspective-rant
The low-brow and high-brow of fantasy books… and movies.
I just discovered Limyaael’s rants, thanks to a friend’s suggestion, and I’ve read through a ton of them today. I’m so much more random than she is in my blog posts and rants (and exponentially more prone to tangents), but it’s absolutely refreshing to read someone well-read, thoughtful, and full of really well-substantiated complaints, rather [...]
posted by erin on October 22, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-low-brow-and-high-brow-of-fantasy-books
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
I just finished From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris, the most recent installment in her Southern Vampire Series about Sookie Stackhouse. The book itself was very interesting. Harris is at the point in the series where she can — and did — spend an entire book on already existing plotlines. Drawing them out, concluding [...]
posted by erin on September 10, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/sookie
The end of my summer reading…
It’s been a while since I’ve really written and there’s no simple explanation for it. I just haven’t remembered. But that’s not to say that things haven’t been happening or I haven’t been reading. Actually in the intervening time between since when I last really wrote and now I finished King’s Shield, I read the [...]
posted by erin on September 9, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-end-of-my-summer-reading
