27 Wednesday Apr 2016
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Me seeing a bookstore:
My family trying to keep me out of the bookstore:
Me entering the bookstore anyway:
Me finding the Young Adult section:
Me finding the Epic Fantasy section:
My family when they lose track of me:
Me finding a book I want:
Me at the checkout:
Me leaving the bookstore:
06 Tuesday May 2014
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First, a brief explanation of “shipping”:
Me picking out my ship:
Me waiting for my ship to get together:
Me when my ship finally gets together:
Me when my ship argues:
Me when my ship has a falling out:
Me when a love triangle threatens my ship:
Me when my ship reconciles:
Me when evil forces threaten to tear my ship apart:
Me if my ship sinks:
Me if my ship overcomes:
01 Thursday May 2014
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It is established that I can be a stickler for historical/practical accuracy in fantasy literature. The basis for the rules of world structure and class are generally taken from history and I feel that a certain amount of rule-following adds a dash of authenticity. Albeit historical accuracy only holds only as much sway over fantasy literature as a particular author wants it to.
The latest transgression to have caught my notice is this—men in literature proposing to their ladylove who is a reigning monarch. Historically speaking, if a woman was the sole ruler of a country, it was actually her place to pop the question. (Don’t ask me “what if they were both reigning monarchs” because I don’t have any flipping idea.) Queen Victoria, for example, was the one to ask Prince Albert for his hand in marriage.
Granted most marriages were arranged, but if the woman was the country’s ruler, she still had final say. (Unless there was some complicated and political reason she had to say yes, but for the sake of this conversation, that doesn’t count.)
Unfortunately, this raises a while new problem. I have yet to read, watch, or hear of an instance where the woman proposes and I thought it was romantic. I’m sure there’s one out there, but let’s face it—the “aww” moments start when he gets down on one knee and asks her to spend the rest of her life with him. Always being the one expected to buy the ring and pop the question has got to be unfair to the guys somehow, but there it is.
So I suppose it is up to the author—do they want historical accuracy or to make the fangirls swoon?
Perhaps a way around it would be to have the love interest first ask the queen to marry him in private, away from the censuring eyes of courtiers and nobles, then have her ask him officially for the sake of decorum. That’s probably the best compromise.
Then again, I’m probably overthinking it. Even historical fiction frequently deviates from history for the sake of a better story, so I suppose I have no right to point the finger. Like I said, I feel historical tidbits in fantasy add a dash of authenticity, but in the end, it’s still up to the author.
29 Tuesday Apr 2014
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Me starting a new series:
Me when I decide I’m a fan of a new series:
Me when I finish the first book:
Me realizing the next book isn’t out yet:
Me when they announce the official release date:
Me when, after moving it back four times, they announce the “official” release date:
Me being forced to wait:
Me when the sequel finally arrives:
Me when I start reading the sequel:
Me when I finish the sequel:
20 Thursday Mar 2014
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Okay, so this doesn’t have to do much with anything except The Lord of the Rings and a parody of a Miley Cyrus song, but I think it’s too freaking hilarious not to share. I mean, “We came in like a mountain troll?”
15 Wednesday Jan 2014
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30 Monday Dec 2013
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23 Monday Dec 2013
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11 Wednesday Dec 2013
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09 Saturday Nov 2013
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comedy, Cover reveal, fjr titchenell, horror, humor, indie author, indies, paranormal, self-published, ya, young adult, zombie
The world is Cassie Fremont’s playground. Her face is on the cover of every newspaper, she has no homework, no curfew, and no credit limit, and she spends her days traveling the country with her friends, including a boy who would flirt with death just to turn her head. Life is just about perfect—except that those newspaper headlines are about her bludgeoning her crush to death with a paintball gun, she has to fight ravenous walking corpses every time she steps outside, and one of her friends is still missing, trapped somewhere in the distant, practically impassable wreckage of Manhattan. Still, Cassie’s an optimist. More prone to hysterical laughter than hysterical tears, she’d rather fight a corpse than be one, and she won’t leave a friend stranded when she can simply take her road trip to impossible new places to find her, even if getting there means admitting to that boy that she might just love him, too. Skillfully blending effective horror with unexpected humor, this diary-format novel is a fast-paced and heartwarming read.
About the Author
F.J.R. Titchenell is an author of Young Adult Sci-Fi and Horror fiction. She is represented by Jennifer Mishler of Literary Counsel and currently lives in San Gabriel, California with her husband and fellow author, Matt Carter, and their pet king snake, Mica.
The “F” is for Fiona, and on the rare occasions when she can be pried away from her keyboard, her kindle, and the pages of her latest favorite book, Fi can usually be found over-analyzing the inner workings of various TV Sci-Fi universes or testing out some intriguing new recipe, usually chocolate-related.
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Confessions of the Very First Zombie Slayer (That I Know of) is F.J.R. Titchenell’s debut novel, to be released May 6th, 2014. It is a Young Adult Horror-Comedy.
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