Some Facebook friends and I recently had a discussion sparked by an article posted on Tor’s Star Wars site. The author puts forth the argument that Timothy Zahn’s 1991 novel Heir to the Empire moved Star Wars out of the realm of space fantasy and into the realm of true science fiction, setting the genre [...]
Browsing the archives for the Literature category
17 Jan 13
Calling it what it is
As most of you bookish types probably already know, a couple of weeks ago the Daily Mail ran a piece opining that young-adult literature is morbid and exploitative and do young adults really need to read stuff like that—the article calls it “sick lit”—after all? (John Green’s novel The Fault in Our Stars, with a [...]
7 Oct 11
The first five pages
Venture even a little way into the world of querying and you figure out the first five pages of your manuscript had better be in tip-top shape. I’ve seen several agents comment that even if they’re unimpressed with the query itself, they’ll still give the sample pages a chance–after all, when it comes down to [...]
29 Sep 11
What I’m reading
My current reading list is dreadfully academic in nature, I’m afraid. There’s the stuff I’m reading for class, obviously–Hobbes’ Leviathan, Locke’s Two Treatises of Government. But for pleasure I’m reading Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (excellent so far–I’d recommend it to anyone, not only because it’s extremely important material but because Snyder [...]
27 Sep 11
Flannery O’Connor on literature
I know I’ve posted this quote before, but it bears repeating. Week before last I went to Wesleyan and read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” After it I went to one of the classes where I was asked questions. There were a couple of young teachers there and one of them, an earnest [...]
Introduction
I'm a student, amateur historian, coffee connoisseur, movie buff, hockey fan, cat lady, and all-around nerd. I'm currently pursuing a degree in history and political science at the University of West Georgia. In my spare time, I write historical fiction and fantasy. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
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