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The Romance Conundrum

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Canary

Posted in reading, rules | Tagged Book review, books, graphs, paranormal romances, series, urban fantasy | 2 Comments

Rule #56: Too Much Information

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Canary

"This is such a flat character. I don't even know his genome sequence!"

Posted in reading, rules, writing | Tagged books, character sheets, characters, fiction, reading, writing, writing tips | 2 Comments

The Killpoint Equilibrium

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Canary

It's not adventure until everyone's trying to kill you.

Posted in rules, writing | Tagged adventure, awesome writing, bad writing, books, fiction, readers, writing | 2 Comments

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Canary

Posted in critique, Fantasy, rules, writing | Tagged books, cliches, hair color, reading, tropes, writing | 2 Comments

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Canary

Posted in reading, rules, writing | Tagged books, reading, writing, writing block | Leave a comment

So, so true.

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Canary
TheOtherCanary should be reading: …science nonfiction
 
TheOtherCanary really reads: …a lot of YA fantasy
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Posted in reading, rules | Tagged books, literature, reading, rules | 3 Comments

Color Wheel 101

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Canary

Posted in Fantasy, Romance, rules | Tagged books, cliches, color wheel, eyes | 3 Comments

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Canary

Posted in rules | Tagged blurbs, books | 2 Comments

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