I came across this quote from David Eddings (excerpted from the start of the book Belgarath the Sorcerer) that I’d written down months and months ago. Reading it again, I can’t help but smile and nod. It’s so true. I was in my mid-teens when I discovered that I was a writer. Notice that I [...]
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A great Eddings quote
posted by erin on July 8, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/a-great-eddings-quote
Books, glorious books!
I’ve read an awful lot lately. In just the past twenty four hours, I’ve read three books. In the past month — September thus far, and part of August — I’ve technically read seventeen books. (Even more technically, nine: five of the nine being comprised of multiple previously published books published together for an anthology [...]
posted by erin on September 18, 2007
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2007/books-glorious-books
Riff regarding female characters.
I’ve realized that I like novels with male main characters provided their female supporting characters are interesting and well-developed. I don’t need a female hero to make me happy; in fact, in some cases, it’s hard to pull off (well, hard to do pre-2000, probably) so I like male main characters. There’s something about that… [...]
posted by erin on August 28, 2007
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2007/riff-regarding-female-characters
