Things I could be doing...

I could be reading any story in the world that I want. I could be going over to my friend's house. I could be writing my own story. I should be editing some older stories that I've let sit for far too long. You want to know what I have been doing?

I've been on Yahoo BabelFish, translating a bajillion websites into different languages. I feel like I've wasted hours and hours of time for some reason. It's only been an hour since I started. I had fun though. I read a blog in Spanish and actually understood most of it! How's that for improvement?

Anyway, I guess I should talk about something related to literature. I'm rereading The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. The sad thing is that when I first read them I thought that it was merely just a fictional series. It wasn't until this past year that I learned the truth: The Chronicles of Narnia is a religous allegory! And now that I'm reading the books again, I can recognize it. I feel so stupid for not recognizing it earlier. I guess I can also write off my ignorance to the fact that I was in 6th grade the first time I read those books.

Dang, I guess I never noticed but I have matured a lot these past few months. I went from being the one who made every single grammatical mistake you can think of to being the one who corrects most of them whenever I see them. Trust me when I tell you that I know what I'm saying when I write things on here. Or maybe I don't and I'm just deluding myself. Either way, I'm pretty sure I know what I'm doing. Maybe I'll post some of my own work on here one day and let my readers tear it apart.

Yours Truly,
The Critic

P.S. Who am I kidding? I don't have readers yet.

A Reading Suggestion

So I decided that I would also spread the word about some of the pleasant stories that I have read over the internet. Maybe this will also be a book review site. Nah, that's too time consuming but I really did want to tell the world about a story on Quizilla that I am really enjoying.

It's called A Vampire's Prisoner by RebelGoddess-13. It's about a girl named Kasey who is your average teenage girl until she goes to Starbucks and gets herself into all sorts of trouble. Obviously from the title you can tell that it's about vampires and the like.

In my opinion, it's well written with only a few spelling errors here and there (no one's perfect). It's very captivating seeing as how I cannot stop reading it. But what really fascinates me is how the author writes. She doesn't write her chapters in chronological order. Instead, she writes it in bits and pieces and when she has enough for a new chapter she ties them all together. That is amazing because I know that I don't have the patience for that sort of thing.

Anyway, it's an ongoing story with 33 chapters published at this point in time. Enjoy reading it if you decide you want to. Here is the link to the first chapter: http://www.quizilla.com/stories/3268164/a-vampires-prisoner-part-1

Yours Truly,
The Critic

P.S. I do not own A Vampire's Prisoner in any way, shape or form. I simply wanted to share my love of the story with other's.

The Purpose

The purpose of this blog is to critique other authors' work. Some of the things said on this site will be harsh and other things will be actual compliments. I, the critic, decided that it would be awesome to give my honest opinion on other writers' work and in a whirlwind, this was created.

You have been forewarned. If you are offended by something said on this site, feel free to contact me at my email address, the.writing.critic@gmail.com But don't be afraid to message me if you do agree. I would love to hear from any and every person who reads this.

Also, if you want to send in suggestions for writers that you want to see criticized, you should definitely tell me because I will look into it. I'll do it if I'm interested. So anyway, watch out for posts because hopefully they'll be interesting enough that you'll want to read them.

Yours Truly,
The Critic