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 argument: Bella is no Buffy, to her detriment.
I found this article yesterday on an author’s blog and I absolutely agree with the article (and the author’s sentiment, though I won’t link back out of courtesy to the author’s post’s request). The article’s author makes a terrific, and alarming, point about the potentially dangerous and potent message of the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer. [...]
posted by erin on December 5, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-argument-bella-is-no-buffy-to-her-detriment
The High Lord by Trudi Canavan
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 [...]
posted by erin on November 25, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/the-high-lord-by-trudi-canavan
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Reading the day away hurts the brain. I just finished Breaking Dawn. Gasp. I’m still on hold for it from the library… which I should go cancel. My friend lent me her friend’s copy — haha — and so I devoured that between last night and this morning (while managing, might I add, to get [...]
posted by erin on September 16, 2008
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2008/breaking-dawn
