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
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
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
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
I’m not going to say that the Love Triangle is a hallmark of sloppy storytelling, per se, but lately it’s been the Hamburger Helper of… Read More »The Love Triangle: Choose Wisely, or Else
This comic closes the Hot Guy series, though we certainly haven’t seen the last of him. As I’ve already ranted said my piece regarding this particular… Read More »To Blush or Not To Blush
This is one of those scenarios I can smell from a mile away: the smart, put-together heroine taken off-guard by her potential love interest. Awkward… Read More »Career in the Rearview Mirror
I’ll admit it. I went through obsessive periods of reading when I was a teenager. I had my Montgomery phase, my Christie phase, my Austen… Read More »Obsession Ad Absurdum
The quirky, boy-crazy best friend makes an appearance! Only for reality to squelch those made-up quirks! I’ll admit, I had a boy-crazy friend once. She… Read More »The Quirks of Writing Side Characters
When I was somewhere in the range of 7-9 years old, I opened my bedroom window and pulled the tab on the screen, curious about… Read More »On Window Screens and Other Things