Silly Writing Advice: Tense Coversations

Golf.

Golf was invented for characters to threaten one another as they play. It's like poker, but a thousand times better.

Always shoot for golf.

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Review: Borrasca by C. K. Walker (Bourasca? Borraskwa?! ¿¿Boruscka??)

Novel: Thriller, horror. Contains violence and disturbing imagery. Warning: This review contains minor spoilers. Do you like tragic thrillers, bordering on horror? Stories which seem like they originate from the pits of humanity which we do not understand and do not wish to? Small towns with big secrets? Twists that you know are coming from a mile away, but find yourself too surrounded by fog to know the nature of this twist until it is footsteps are right upon you and your heart is tearing to get out of your rib cage??? If any of these apply to you (or god forbid, them all), then Borrasca may just be the book for you. The book starts out with the old “I’m moving to a small town because of my dad/mom’s new job. Of course, in this book, the change of job is a lot more...

Observation: Sins Forgotten

NOTE: This was written some time ago by yours truly. The Seven Deadly sins are a staple of our culture. Everyone knows of Greed, Envy, Gluttony, Sloth, Wrath, Lust, and Pride, and tries to avoid them. We fight these impulses daily and generally act as though they define all forms of evil, in one way or the other. Thus, I find it ironic that the forgotten sin, Vainglory, is more prominent in this day and age than all others, and I intend to identify why this sin was forgotten and why it is important that they should be remembered. Vainglory originates from Middle English and Medieval Latin, in Western Europe. It means “to boast in vain” or to be ostentatious about one’s own abilities. So why should it be re...

“Leap days” by Ian Bennett and “Anya’s Ghost” by Vera Brosgol - In which I get an invisible friend to help me cheat on the review

“Leap days” by Ian Bennett and “Anya’s Ghost” by Vera Brosgol Since these two graphic novels are somewhat similar and neither is particularly long, I figured reviewing them together would make sense. Both take place in high school and they are both coming of age stories. They also both involve a high schooler befriending a supernatural force who allows them to cheat in school. LEAP DAYS We’ll start with Leap Days since it’s the relatively less emotionally charged of the two. I was surprised by this book. When it opens, it’s pretty grim. Being more realistic, it depicts the crushing boredom of school and the frustration of a sense that you are wasting your time and not really learning anything. The protagonist’s name is Jake and he drifts through the day, unknown by everyone and uninterested in everything. The only thing that snaps him out of the malaise aside from eventually getting to go home and go to sl...

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