Song of My Homeland

Song of My Homeland

by JLeonard

The first long poem I wrote as Tei'dran Duskwatch, Song of My Homeland was inspired while I watched a blood elf paladin in full blood knight gear swinging away at a practice dummy in Silvermoon City. The poem itself is simply a reflection on the elves' history. An elf who never used the arcane much, who gave into the hunger for magic and used fel magics, realizing just how twisted his people had become. His own losses are counted up alongside those of his people. The true losses of his people, however, are unnoticed by most.

Bindings of Family

Bindings of Family

by JLeonard

Bindings of Family is one of my better attempts at a dramatic, compelling story. Wildheart was a good try, but extremely long (by my standards) and somewhat focused on fan service in comparison. While Wildheart was about two main characters sort of awkwardly falling for each other even though both of them are over nine thousand years old each (no, not a reference), Bindings is about two main characters awkwardly stumbling through the road blocks life keeps placing in front of them.

The line "My shoulder hurt, but the pain of losing was unbearable" is from a writing practice prompt given by a creative writing teacher I had (and adored) in fourth grade. I always remembered it and the basic gist of the story I wrote along with it, and I've always wanted to include it in a story. It may show up again!

Of course, the weird thing that I keep asking myself "Dear god, why?" about is part 15. Yes, it's strange. Kind of disturbing, as well. But more tests of character like this will follow Tei through the story. As Tei is the innocent and Alli is the "unholy terror," when the world starts to get dark, the innocent will be tested the most. Whether or not Tei retains his innocence is up to the circumstances, his own actions, and the reader's opinions.

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Jane's Rant - Lore Virgins

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Lore Virgins - Wednesday, June 14, 2010

Jane's Rant - Forbidden Loves

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Forbidden Loves - Monday, May 24, 2010

Book Reviews

Jane's Rant - Book Reviews

It's a commentary about my own commentaries of other authors' works. Imagine that!
Let's be perfectly clear on a few things; I don't hate on other authors simply because they aren't writing exactly what I'd want from a story. Obviously, when you have something that is everything you wanted because of you expecting it a certain way, it's pretty damn boring. Sure, I'm a bit rough on Knaak, but who isn't anymore? (I still want my money back for Night of the Dragon) Obviously, things aren't okay just because a large group does them, but... Oh, who am I kidding, that's exactly the excuse I'm using. Screw it.

Really, at their heart, aren't reviews of any sort supposed to be for the purpose of making the creator better at what they endeavour to do? I believe that's how it's supposed to work. (YouTube comments don't count) Granted, none of the published authors are ever going to see the reviews I post. However, readers of the same cloth as I might read them for a bit of direction of which books to buy and which to either borrow from the library or shamelessly read at the bookstore.

So what do you all think of my book reviews? Fair? Unfair? Love them or hate them? Comments are below.