āA prophecy, a dragon-souled child, and a world determined to kill him before he can grow upāwelcome to The Last Dragon Knight.ā Core Premise & Initial Impressions: I see you have come seeking knowledge of things unknown. I welcome you, wanderer. Comeāsit. Let us talk prophecy. I speak not of the vision concerning the dolphinsā…
āStep one: Die. Step two: File paperwork. Step three: Become the worldās only hope.ā Core Premise & Initial Impressions: Many of us reading this now would say weād die to have superpowers. But letās face itāwe all know thatās just a figure of speech. Some of us may have taken small leaps from low walls…
Whatās it like to be afraid? I gots to tells yaāI wouldnāt have the first idea. Buckling under the weight of a future either yearned for or desperately scrambled to escape? Aw heck, what would a simple high-school groundsman like me know about such a thing? No sir-ree. A bumpkin like myself aināt got no…
āThe Glass Wizard isnāt pushing the boundaries of web fictionāitās hurling itself through them like a wizard-shaped meteor.ā Core Premise & Initial Impressions: How best to convey my first impressions of The Glass Wizard? I wrestled with that question while scribbling notes for this reviewābut eventually, the answer revealed itself. To wit: imagine yourself at…
In the interest of full transparency, before launching into this review, I must confess that Iām rather fond of this author. Avid readers of this site will know heās a valued contributor to our growing series of writing-advice essays. (For brevity, Iāve used āthis siteā instead of āBardic Planet.ā Iāve already saved at least half…
āSpace may be infinite, but A Pioneerās Blood makes it feel like four walls closing ināand thatās the thrill.ā Core Premise & Initial Impression: Space. The Final Frontier. Finalānot because thereās nowhere left to go, but because space itself would rather like to kill you. At least thatās true in the latest serial novel Bardic…