Critic/Blogger Fiasco With Authors

So the past weeks has been riddled with this problem that authors shouldn’t jump into reviews. I personally find this ridiculous. Yes, there’s the whole respect idea, but as a writer who’s had my work critiqued anonymously, I understand that some reviewers can be complete idiots and miss the point. If they need to be…

Struck By Lightning by Chris Colfer

“’Don’t try to find the ideas let the ideas find you,’ I said, unsure if I even knew what I was talking about. Then it’s all you can think about and it goes through your body and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible….It’s a lot like…like…’ ‘Lightning?’ Malerie asked me. ‘Yeah,’…

Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Smiling always seems to annoy people more then insulting them. Or maybe I have an annoying smile. I entered this book with a bit of apprehension.  I heard many people gush over these books, saying they’re the best Detective Fantasy books around. Being a noir writer, I hate the illusion that people give stating that…