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Post by kaoskat on Aug 11, 2009 23:18:58 GMT -7
Well...... I bought the new Vampire Knight manga but haven't started it and I read the first chapter of Daniel Hood's Wizard's Heir but haven't finished it. The only thing I've really read recently is my book.......Over and over. I've got 4 planned chapters left and I'm trying to get everything tied up and stuff so I can finish this silly draft and go about fixing it properly. Too many things from previous chapters need fixing. I swear, I'm never going to finish it. I just can't seem to start anything else without picking that up again lately though. Most recently though I've been too busy planning out turning all my characters into custom ponies! I can't draw worth a flip so this seems the best way for me to get a representation of them for me to have.
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Post by starrypawz on Aug 11, 2009 23:41:37 GMT -7
Oh, FUN thread! I've just started Robin Hobb's 'The Dragon Keeper', but sad to say, I haven't really read much of it yet. I've recently finished Diana Gabaldon's Cross Stitch, though, and fell in love with Claire... Starrypaws, I haven't read all of the Discworld books or even in order, but I really liked Night Watch. Or anything with Vimes and Carrot or Nanny Ogg... Can I (third? fourth?) Stardust? It's awesome. Different from the movie, but awesome in totally different ways. But so is anything by Neil Gaiman... I've read all the Night Angel trilogy - it's a catchy, easy read, although a tad overrated, IMO. Still good, and I found it hard to put down - I just felt like the narrative was a little 'dumbed-down' in places... I don't like Twilight full stop (I find Edward so hard to like), so just go and enjoy that without me. I'll just mentally rewrite the series so it's Bella/Alice, LOL! My favourite recent reads have been anything by Brandon Sanderson. I also need to reread The Name of the Wind again... Edit: Because I actually wrote 'Vimes/Carrot' and that looked way too much like a slashfic... I picked up the 'Night Angel Trilogy' (I believe you mean the books by Brian Weeks if I'm thinking of the right ones XD) And I got about 3/4 of the way through the first one before I decided to change what I was reading for whatever reason. Twilight: I'm not keen on it, I did try to read the first book but only got a few pages into it before I decided I wasn't keen on it. It just seemed really dry to me. I prefer Anne Rice anyway I've seen Robin Hobb's books a few times but have never picked them up. What are they about? Oh and out of my 'pileobooks' I decided to pick up Jingo. XD
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Post by Ace on Aug 14, 2009 9:57:07 GMT -7
Oh man the last thing I probally read was a Hammer magazine.. But a good book to read is one called The Sight, It's a really cool book about wolves and stuff, I know very imformative.. But seriously I'm tired. LOL
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Post by skimble on Aug 14, 2009 19:00:32 GMT -7
Jurgen totally counts, though. Especially when it involves cucumbers! Robin Hobb's books ... where do I start? Do you like GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire? Or any doorstopper fantasy that's political? There's dragons, magic, royalty, murder, mayhem, revolution and politics, a bunch of interesting and flawed characters. Start with 'Assassin's Apprentice', because all but three of her books are set in the same world and should be read in order. But honest, she's one of my favourite authors and all her books are awesome. What are you writing, Kat?
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Post by kaoskat on Aug 15, 2009 20:51:10 GMT -7
It's a children's book. A fairy tale. With dragons and fairys and princess and trolls and unicorns and all sorts of fun things!
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Post by skimble on Aug 15, 2009 23:02:48 GMT -7
That sounds really cool, Kat - fairy tales are awesome! (I can't actually write anything that's not fantastic, it's just no fun otherwise.) I've got to applaud you, because I can't think of a harder audience to write for - I think writing for children is a lot, lot tougher than writing for adults...
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Post by kaoskat on Aug 16, 2009 6:39:36 GMT -7
For me it's the opposite. I don't think I could write to entertain adults if my life depended on it. I don't like adult books as a general rule. I prefer books without "adult" themes, political garbage, alterier motives, secrets, deception, swear words, etc etc. You know, pretty much everything that makes a story "adult". I'm forced to deal with that stuff everyday in real life, when I read I like to escape it all. I like my characters and their relationships innocent, honest, naive, and yes, even predictable. I like happily ever afters. *shrugs* So I do better writing children's stories. Don't know if it's any good but my best friend loves it so far and I'm attached to it and like to read it and that's all that really matters to me. I was only writing it so I could read it anyway.
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Post by starrypawz on Aug 16, 2009 11:29:22 GMT -7
For me it's the opposite. I don't think I could write to entertain adults if my life depended on it. I don't like adult books as a general rule. I prefer books without "adult" themes, political garbage, alterier motives, secrets, deception, swear words, etc etc. You know, pretty much everything that makes a story "adult". I'm forced to deal with that stuff everyday in real life, when I read I like to escape it all. I like my characters and their relationships innocent, honest, naive, and yes, even predictable. I like happily ever afters. *shrugs* So I do better writing children's stories. Don't know if it's any good but my best friend loves it so far and I'm attached to it and like to read it and that's all that really matters to me. I was only writing it so I could read it anyway. I see where you're coming from. As much as I love to read 'adult' books I love to pick up kids books every so often and just use them to escape a bit. Like today I picked up a second hand kids book called Flutterby about a magical, winged, small pony and it was so simple, innocent and had gorgeous artwork. Hmm... Robin Hobb's work sounds intriging I may have to pick one up at a later date. Ace: I read The Sight a couple of years ago and loved it, maybe I should read it again and properly finish Firebringer (by the same author, it's about deer)
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Post by Ace on Aug 16, 2009 13:15:26 GMT -7
Yeah, I can honestly say that writing a book is more entertaining than reading one. RP'ing on forums is fun. I used to read looooads when I was younger, now I think stress filled that once existant void.
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Post by msunicorn on Aug 16, 2009 21:43:57 GMT -7
I am trying to finish up The Diamond Age (Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer) by Neal Stephenson. I am doing better with this one then with his other book Cryptonomicon (It's one of those that after 600 pages I was wondering what the point of the book was.)
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Post by skimble on Aug 18, 2009 4:14:15 GMT -7
Kat, I can totally understand where you're coming from. But for me, it's avoiding all of that and still creating a compelling tale that would be so difficult, so I'm still going to applaud you anyway, okay? I don't think choosing to concentrate on a more innocent mileu makes it any easier to write!
At the moment I'm working on a story that, yes, involves politics and violence and deception and what-have-you, but at its core is really the relationship between a man and his dog. It's been challenging for me to say the least...
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Post by kaoskat on Aug 19, 2009 15:39:38 GMT -7
lol Ok as long as I can applaud you for writing something I couldn't to then. It sounds interesting. I love dogs.
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