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 Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: Reviews & Impressions of the Lit Journal |
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If you haven't seen it already, my impressions of the Lit Journal are on Youtube.
Please use this thread to write up your own impressions or reviews of the Lit Journal! A number of people have it in their hands now, so what do you think of it? What are you favorite poems? Stories? What's the overall feel/quality?
And don't forget, if you have a digital camera, post a picture of you with the Lit Journal over in Matt Bellamy's thread. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't bought one yet. 
From what I have seen though, I think it is great. Not only the way it is presented but it really shows that young writers can get out there. I am very impressed by how professionally it looks, and it stands up for the younger writers of society.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I loves it I loves it I loves it but *pouts* don't have my copy yet. |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Everyone who has a copy, make sure you rate and review it on Lulu.com and (when possible) on Amazon.
I think it'd probably be best to avoid mentioning that the books seems 'professional' - rather, concentrate on what makes up the book (the artwork, stories, poems and articles). |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| I think It's great. The Stories are so good, and opening with the Magical Penguin. Brilliant. I'm in love with it. I'm in awe, It really is very good. |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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I have to admit, it's pretty super.
It looks very chic too and not too shabby. Wonderful work, by everyone, especially Nate for setting it all up.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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It smells very nice.
...I haven't finished reading through it yet, so I can't judge the works yet. xD
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| I just got mine and I love it! My dad said he thought it looked very professional. Brad's preface is awesome, and though I've already read half of the stories/poems before, I'm going to start reading the first half later day. |
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THE MAGICAL PENGUIN: Definately unique. Snoink took something completely bizarre and passed it off as a fair piece of writing. Some of the sentence structure was a bit rocky and the dialogue was somewhat forced, but on the whole, it was fun to read.
LOVE SONG: Reads almost like poetry. Beautiful, but the meaning did a flyby over my head.
GEEK: Nice job. Tight, aesthetic, poweful, and above all, relatable.
ALONE AGAIN: A great story. It was very well written - the beginning being by far the best. Not necessarily something I'd wanna pick up and read if I was going to spend money on it, but that's just personal preference.
SETTING UP REBECCA: This was good. I liked how Rebecca's present consciousness was interwoven into the story, However, it seemed like a novel excerpt instead of a short story. It doesn't really serve a purpose.
RIVER OF PROBLEMS: Colorful, but brooding. I liked it, don't understand it. Pretty, though.
STRANDS OF DARKNESS: Another (seemingly) novel excerpt. Fantastic stuff, but largely diminshed just due to a lack of resolution. I want more, yes?
THE VOICES: I really enjoyed this one. It's edgy. Psycho. But good. Thoroughly readable.
SINCE FOREVER: Eh. Kind of a boring concept described in boring language. It's okay, I suppose.
MÓDLMY SIE: Brilliant job! Ranks among the top three best stories in the journal. I thirst for a sequel!!! Love how the Polish was incorperated into the story and title.
TO MILGRAM: Another fantastic piece. Top three definately, possibly first place. This is a classic short story. You know it's life-changing when you're still thinking about it days later. Great job.
TREACLE: Not something I'd write or read, but good in it's own rite.
HAIL MARY: Wonderful quiet horror. Kind of shows the how religion can become an obsession. Good stuff. Ranks among the top three.
AND THE BRIDE WORE BLACK: Serena has a vibrant, distinctive voice. And I really enjoyed this. It seems inspired, in part at least, by the song I Write Sins Not Tragedies. Am I right?
SYLVIA: Breathtaking.
THE OIL FIELDS ARE BURNING: ?
SO, EVERYTHING: Okay. Kinda has a soap-opera vibe to it that I just can't shake. Held up beside everything else in the journal, it pales somewhat.
THE HUMAN SIDE OF THINGS: I couldn't finish this. It just lost my interest. Something about pixies and six year olds and unicorns turn me off almost instantaeneously.
ANGELS DWELL IN HARMONY: Traditional, to say the least. This was good. However, since it's rhyming in nature, I found that in several places the meter was off. I like the allusions.
LIGHT LIKE LIFE: Wonderfully unique. Confusing at first, but it cleared up fast. Definately a strange POV to write from: a male, politically involved Sylvia Plath (head in oven).
AND THEY SAY FAIRYTALES DON’T COME TRUE: Has a 'Treacle'-esque vibe to it. Feel good and clever. Nicely written, too.
NOTES IN A DORMITORY: Good. Nothing too spectacular, though.
AN ART OF DECEPTION: I enjoyed this. Very dark and clever. Some parts are irrevelant to the plot, though.
MY SMILING ROSE: Eval coming soon.
SONG OF SOLOMON: Eval coming soon.
SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS: Nice job. However, I feel that some of the texting dialogue is way too stiff. Even for an intellectual. Really, would he spend that much time to tap a paragraph out on a three by three keypad. Otherwise, I really liked this one.
Phenomenal job overall!
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Quite simply, all of you guys are amazing.
My favorites had to be The Oil Fields are Burning and To Milgram, though. And of course Ari's Hail Mary! And Dono's Scotch on the Rocks, and Suz's story (can't spell it lol), and everyone's! I loved all of them! |
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| Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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AN ART OF DECEPTION: I enjoyed this. Very dark and clever. Some parts are irrevelant to the plot, though. |
Yes... certain things happen when I realize that a piece is 950 words long and needs to be 1000. I think I just need to learn to make those things into more "let's push the story along" and less "let's add some descriptions of shiny things and more adjectives." Thank you for the feedback, though.
I haven't actually had time to sit down and read any of it yet, mostly because my parents are being greedy little gnomes. The good news is that they're probably going to order about fifty million copies and send it to everyone. The bad news is that until that happens, I probably won't even have a copy of my own to read! |
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I haven't actually read my copy yet, I forgot to bring it with me on vacation. But, I have cracked it open, I heart new book smell.
It is amazing!
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*squee*
You're right, Cal; it does have a wonderful new-book smell!
I just finished reading through the whole thing and I must say, I am very impressed at the breadth of topics covered. Every story and poem that I read was about something different, and I really appreciate that in a collection (not to mention the fact that they were all nothing short of amazing). Anyone who dares to say that teenagers only care of high school and romance is wrong wrong wrong. Though we already know that 
I give it two big thumbs up, of course ^_^ |
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I haven't finished reading all the pieces yet, but what I have read... well, I am thoroughly impressed
The only thing I found disappointing was a couple of typos. Nothing major, but it was just like, "No! It's perfect! ...That letter just shouldn't be there."
Lynlyn - I hadn't realized that was your story! That was one of the ones I read this afternoon and I really enjoyed it. I actually read it twice. I go on and on, so when stories are that short and that excellent, I'm always very impressed. It reminded me of the folk stories I loved reading as a little girl, so that kind of throwback was nice. Congrats on getting accepted! You definitely deserved it. |
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Haha, yes. The story, at first, seems really intimidating. But it was a story by Kylan, wasn't it? Yeah. And you just had to go through it, read it. It's a fantastic story. It's one of the best, really. :]
Aughhh. :0 i'm sandwhiched in between some of the best writers. I felt like my story was crap after I read Areida's story, since hers is just AMAZING; after all she did win the contest. XD And then I went to mine, and proceeded to point out every little typo I had and also hadn't noticed before. XD
Everyone did AMAZINGLY! I loved the book. Everysinglestory.
-.-; My coach is getting me to do some signing at Hastings. I'm, like, "NO! What if they think my story sucks? :0"
So yeah. :]
p.s. thank you for your comment, kylan. :] |
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