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Tuesday, 20 October 2009
things I'll never win prizes for
Things I'll never win prizes for:
Beautiful prose.
Literary merit.
Originality.
Plot.
That said, when I reread THE INFERNAL FAMILY today, I liked it. In a clunkily written, non-literary, unoriginal, poorly plotted way. :)
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I'm studying how to write fantasy novels. Expect reviews, rants and rambles about the mechanics of writing. Also, excessive use of
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THE INFERNAL FAMILY
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