Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Seven)

Chapter Six
All in the Details: I have, to this point, managed to escape noticing that one of the group of vampires family members is named Jasper.
A vampire named Jasper. That is just all kinds of awesome.
Getting Worried: I’m beginning to wonder if this book is negatively affecting my personal sense of taste. I just [...]

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Six)

Chapter Five
Notable Quote: “Jessica babbled on and on about her dance plans … completely unaware of my inattention.”
Oh she’s aware of your inattention. It’s just become such an ever-present specter over every conversation you’ve held with another human being that people just take it for granted now.
Why these poor folk don’t find other, less [...]

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Five)

In this ongoing feature (*gulp*) I delve into the world of Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer, a work that is dreaded by serious writers the world over. I fear what terrible horrors, what mutilations of the English language, what unbelievably poor excuses for story construction await me.
What follows are my thoughts, my color commentary if you [...]

Apocalyptic Graduation

The realization was slow to set in, but now I am sure of it. I am graduating into the apocalypse.
Swine flu is going to kill everybody.
The recession is going to make the world’s economy collapse.
People will soon begin to ransack abandoned buildings for sustenance. Black markets will spring up around goods that have been [...]

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Four)

In this ongoing feature (*gulp*) I delve into the world of Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer, a work that is dreaded by serious writers the world over. I fear what terrible horrors, what mutilations of the English language, what unbelievably poor excuses for story construction await me.
What follows are my thoughts, my color commentary [...]