Youthful Dystopia

A.G. Chambers is a young author resident in New Zealand and her first novel Jaded Rein is a cross-genre piece which for convenience I have labelled dystopian fantasy. You have come this far you might as well read my review.

Loss of dialogue and innocence

Book Review

I HAVE read three or four Patterson novels, all hand-me downs rather than bought. The latest is Loss of Innocence, a cliched title but we will let that pass.

Richard like John in his own write

Day 4 of the Book of Paul tour is here.

Today we have a guest post from the author Richard Long.

Welcome to the Save the Book blog, Richard.

Make yourself at home. Can I get you a cup of coffee?

No, you want to get started. Fire  away!

10 annoying things in fiction

“I know nothing about him,” I murmur.

“…Thank you,” I murmur.

“Um. Actually –” I mutter.

“Raising the ordinary to the extraordinary,” I murmur.

“It’s shrewd business,” he murmurs.

“Very well,” she mutters, then exits.

“Oh I’ll bear that in mind,” I murmur.

– All the above quotes are from Chapter 1 of Fifty Shades of Murmuring and Muttering

10  annoying things in fiction

 10.  A sentence which starts with Then.

  9. A sentence with then in it.

  8. Sentences without verbs except those in this article.

   7. Sentences with many overblown annoying unnecessary florid adjectives.

   6 Characters who express direct speech in any of the following ways: laugh, grin, cry, smile, exclaim, explode, object, sigh, scowl, murmur.

  5. Adverbs which constantly modify how someone speaks, I say scathingly.

  4. Characters who appear for no reason

  3. Characters who disappear without explanation

  2. The word very which is a very bad word.

  1. More than one ante-climax.