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Comment on Garbage in, garbage out by Mel

Mel — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:14:18 +0000

So true, Evie! Why waste time on something that is just not worth it?

Comment on Garbage in, garbage out by Evie Applegate

Evie Applegate — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:56:58 +0000

It’s too late for me, I already read Twilight. :P Just the first book though. I’ve found it an interesting exercise to read something really bad and analyse what it is I don’t like about it (Cassie Edwards is good for that, She’s a plagiarist, doesn’t do her research properly, is often quite racist and continually repeats herself) but yeah, if you do it too much it can rub off on you. Besides, life’s too short to waste too much time reading bad books.

Comment on On literary and popular fiction by Mel

Mel — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:56:29 +0000

So true, Aleta! Glad you like the article. :) Thanks for commenting!

Comment on On literary and popular fiction by Aleta

Aleta — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:14:34 +0000

Great article Melanie, must have been frustrating to watch though!

Comment on On literary and popular fiction by Mel

Mel — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:25:31 +0000

Very true! I don’t like the implication that non-literary fiction is not ‘serious’. Many non-literary fictional stories are very serious in subject matter and literary intent, including a lot of genre stories. Many serious subjects are dressed up in funny clothes, like sad clowns. Just because a story makes sense or is pleasing or isn’t set in the modern world, doesn’t mean it’s not ‘serious’.

Comment on On literary and popular fiction by dieta

dieta — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:46:14 +0000

.Literary fiction is also known as serious fiction though personally I dislike both of those terms implying as they do that all other fiction – in particular – is somehow less literate and less serious..Still literary fiction is the term that is universally used to describe these types of books and so we are stuck with it… ..Im generalizing here but if you go into a bookshop you can usually tell the genre novels from the literary novels instantly..Whereas the genre novels have eye-catching covers – handsome men on the romances dripping blood on the horror novels – literary novels are more subtle more arty. They sometimes have stickers on the cover too saying that the novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize or won the Orange Prize or something similar..The titles will also be different genre titles tend to be more direct and encapsulate perfectly what the novel is about literary titles are more offbeat more arty again but just as eye-catching in their way.

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Comment on Weekend of writing and awesomeness by Mel

Mel — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:09:18 +0000

Thanks, Trent! :D My birthday was yesterday (13th), so your comment was actually right on time! :)

Oh, the quiet room was good! I got loads done. Every now and then, I stopped to search for a thought, and it was ‘Ooo, it’s quiet in here’ ….*typetypetype*

I sympathise with the public speaking thing. Sorry I didn’t make it to the talk! I’m sure yours would have been better than the one I ended up at. Thanks for being part of a great weekend!

I’ll be by to bother you at the launch tomorrow. :) See you then!

Comment on Weekend of writing and awesomeness by Trent Jamieson

Trent Jamieson — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:16:00 +0000

Oh, you didn’t tell me it was your birthday. Happy (late) Birthday! Sorry about the quiet room, that may have been partly a result of the hangover I had, you’d think I’d have learnt by now (and my own nerves regarding my own bit of impending public speaking).
Sounds like you had a great weekend. Oh, and happy birthday again!

Comment on NaNoWriMo plans in motion by Mel

Mel — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:36:33 +0000

Suggestions are always welcome!

Not sure about the ‘Starry in the future’, if only because I have so much story to do (and some future stuff planned for the Starwalker universe) that I’d only wind up tripping over myself.

Still, I suppose that a trip to the end of the universe might be fun! ;)

Love the ideas. Starry in an alternate universe could be much fun. And the brother/sister idea could be worked into something that I have in the pipeline, actually. Hmmmm. ;)

There’s also the villain pieces that I started last year – they need to be progressed (and preferably finished!). I have a whole list of ones I haven’t even started yet.

I have the bulk of the story of what happened to the Carapace, as well. That needs finishing up and polishing.

And then there’s Book 3… ;)