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Review of Hunger Games

Posted by Rachel on December 5, 2011 in action, characters, review, sequels |

Suzanne Collins has produced a high quality, well executed series based on speculative-modern gladiatorial games featuring who else, but children. As a child of the Harry Potter phenomena, I grew to expect series’ to instantly capture my attention and draw me into their whimsical worlds. But that was not so.  A handful of disappointing first […]

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Writing Tips: The Dirty Dozen

Posted by Rachel on November 28, 2011 in characters, cliches, dialogue, plot, writing tips |

Any writer worth their salt (hey, there’s one!) will instantly recognize this list as the dirtiest collection of overused phrases and concepts known as a clichés. Without a doubt, clichés emerge in all genres and styles of writing by accident, an unfortunate happenstance of the written word sometimes offers no other turn of phrase. I […]

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Review of Once Upon a Time

Posted by Rachel on November 7, 2011 in characters, plot, review, writing |

No, this isn’t the beginning of a story. It would be a bit cliché don’t you think? I promise I’ll refrain from commenting on the lack of creativity in the title (oops, just did) during my review of ABC’s new fantasy drama based on its writing merit. To start, I must mention that given the […]

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