Essays & Reader’s Reports
Essays on reading and writing, and notes from the editorial desk.
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Dispatches
I Support Women’s Rights and Women’s Wrongs: A Review of I.V. Ophelia’s “The Poisoner”
A delightful and violent romp between a spider and a snake - so long as you don't mind when two characters have their fangs removed before they can truly sink in.
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Read →Where has the Whimsy Gone? – A Review of Peter S. Beagle’s “I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons”
Peter S. Beagle’s dragon-slaying tale starts with wit, warmth, and a hero who dreams of being a valet. For me, its later turn toward familiar fantasy tropes loses some of that promise.
Book Reviews · Personal 3 minutes read
Read →The Big Buff Fairies of the Otherworld: A Review of Geneva Lee’s “Filthy Rich Fae”
Fae bargains, crime-family melodrama, and a sharp-tongued heroine: Geneva Lee’s Filthy Rich Fae is a campy romance whose charm outpaces its world-building.
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Read →The Role of Reader’s Reports in Publishing Decisions
A practical, writer-friendly guide to reader’s reports: what they contain, how publishing professionals use them, and how to build one through a worked example.
Essays & Reader’s Reports · Publishing 14 minutes read
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My Reading Wishlist
Upcoming titles that have me pumped!
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The Long-Lived King
When King accidentally erases Luz’s memories, he must enlist the Collector and Eda to help him recover Luz’s memories and confront their deepest fears along the way.
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