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Post by moonmomma on Jun 7, 2011 18:26:04 GMT -5
If you're not writing because you're reading... that's great! Reading is the most important thing you can do to learn how to write, besides writing, plus it's fun ;D Tell us about what you're reading right now!
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Post by moonmomma on Jun 7, 2011 18:31:13 GMT -5
Right now I'm re-reading The Spirit Lens by Carol Berg, a Renaissance-inspired fantasy. I just bought the sequel, The Soul Mirror, and started reading it, then realized there were a lot of things I didn't remember about the first book that I wanted to remember. I don't mind re-reading a book by Carol Berg; she could write the phone book and I'd read it ;D
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Post by *~MistressKeren~* on Jun 11, 2011 12:52:53 GMT -5
Right now I am reading a new chapter posted to a YGO fic done by a fairly new friend.
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Post by plasticat on Jun 13, 2011 19:34:38 GMT -5
I'm reading Stephen King's On Writing at the moment.
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Post by moonmomma on Jun 14, 2011 0:58:00 GMT -5
I'm reading Stephen King's On Writing at the moment. Awesome book! I've read it 2 or 3 times. I don't necessarily agree with all his advice about writing, especially when it comes to outlining/plotting and the use of adverbs, but a lot of his advice is good, or at least interesting, and the look at his development as a writer is fascinating. I'm on The Soul Mirror by Carol Berg now, another Renaissance-inspired murder mystery/fantasy. I love her writing, it's smooth and rich and complex like a piece of really good dark chocolate ;D
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Post by moonmomma on Jun 20, 2011 18:02:39 GMT -5
Finished The Soul Mirror, now I'm reading Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, first in a long series called the Mazalan Book of the Fallen. It's more like traditional epic fantasy than a lot of what I've been reading lately, though without the tired predictable tropes. I think I'm going to enjoy it.
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Post by moonmomma on Jul 5, 2011 21:41:59 GMT -5
Still reading "Gardens of the Moon," which is really good but it has a lot going on so you have to read carefully, plus it's about 600 pages of really small print. I also checked out a bunch of Louis L'Amour books from the library for background/preparation reading for the western fantasy I want to write.
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Post by *~MistressKeren~* on Jul 19, 2011 13:14:45 GMT -5
Right now I am reading a Yu-gi-oh! fic called First Christmas.
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Post by moonmomma on Jul 20, 2011 17:30:59 GMT -5
Finished Gardens of the Moon, it was really good and there's a whole bunch of other books in the series, but I'm taking a break and reading A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham. Also reading a Sailor Moon fic, "1101" by His Lordship Chaos. Post-Crystal-Tokyo cyberpunk fic. www.dotmoon.net/library_view.php?storyid=219
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Post by moonmomma on Jul 20, 2011 17:35:36 GMT -5
Here's an awesome tool that makes reading online fanfiction a lot easier: www.spacejock.com/yBook_Version.htmlit's called yBook, it's a reader that formats html and text files to look like a book. You can open the program, put in the web address of the fic you're reading, and it loads it up instantly. You can change fonts, font size, margins, background to make it easier to read, and it has a whole bunch of other tools and features. and it's free! for .php text, copy the text and paste into notepad or wordpad, save as .txt or .rtf, and open with the reader.
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Post by *~MistressKeren~* on Aug 2, 2011 21:18:02 GMT -5
Decided to give my brain a rest for a bit. I am reading a Yu-gi-oh story called Moving On, which takes place a little after Pharaoh Atem returns to the spirit world after the ceremonial battle.
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Post by moonmomma on Aug 3, 2011 0:26:18 GMT -5
finished Shadow in Summer a few days ago, now I'm reading Spirit Gate by Kate Elliott. Also still reading 1101.
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Post by *~MistressKeren~* on Aug 27, 2011 17:57:17 GMT -5
Have started reading a YGO Fanfiction called Cards of Destiny.
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Post by moonmomma on Aug 27, 2011 18:18:04 GMT -5
Still reading Spirit Gate. It's very long, but I'm almost done. It's really good, but I don't know if I'm going to go right to the next book in the series or read something else.
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Post by *~MistressKeren~* on Aug 31, 2011 22:02:15 GMT -5
Now that I've finished reading the YGO fic Cards of Destiny I am reading another fic called Summer Nights.
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Post by *~MistressKeren~* on Jan 14, 2012 10:57:35 GMT -5
Reading a SM fic called Blood Moon, by becca-onechan
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