Family Secrets out of Control
Kiss the Everygirl family goodbye! Failure to disclose food items to the US Customs and Border Control can rack up to $10,000 in fines and… Read More »Family Secrets out of Control
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Parents Hitting Every Branch in the Cliche Tree
The desire for loving, supportive parents is basic. It’s biological. And when it’s unfulfilled, you have pure and captivating story-fodder. The arguing parents, the sick parents,… Read More »Parents Hitting Every Branch in the Cliche Tree
Mother of all Tropes
I am so guilty of the “dead mother” trope. So guilty. When you’re writing fantasy, it’s almost like a default condition for the main character,… Read More »Mother of all Tropes
And Some People Just Don’t Measure Up
Poor Special. Quirky side characters only find love with other quirky side characters. A triangle is out of the question. (Unless it’s really quirky, I… Read More »And Some People Just Don’t Measure Up
Love Is Such a Trial When You’re Perfect
Okay, so our perfect MarySue doesn’t always end up with both her triangle love interests. Sometimes she does have to choose one candidate over the… Read More »Love Is Such a Trial When You’re Perfect
The Most Perfect-est Perfectness You Will Ever Perfect
I read a book last week with a whole cast of perfect MarySues. I kid you not. Everyone was royalty, half-elf, full elf, an amazing… Read More »The Most Perfect-est Perfectness You Will Ever Perfect
When Fiction and Reality Collide
I think one of my favorite cliches about the “Ruthless Character with a Heart of Gold” is to what lengths authors might go to show no,… Read More »When Fiction and Reality Collide
Symptoms of a Sociopath
If book sales in the past decade are any indication, there exists a significant faction of readers out there who view stalking, obsession, and controlling… Read More »Symptoms of a Sociopath
How It Should Have Ended
This is the very first Average Everygirl comic I drew. In fact, it’s where her name originated. I had taken to doodling plot points that… Read More »How It Should Have Ended
Choice is but an Illusion of Power
Alas. Logic brings a swift death to romance. Goodbye, unjustified Urgency of Choice! Today’s installment pokes fun at what is, perhaps, my biggest beef with… Read More »Choice is but an Illusion of Power