Hello, Cspr here. I figured I might as well do this, rather than mucking about looking for things I might like to read to review. Simpler. More streamlined.
Yes.
Anyway, here's my shtick:
I Read:
Fantasy (including sub-genres, see 'What I Cannot Read' for stricter rules)--flash fiction, short stories, and novels.
Action/Adventure--flash fiction, short stories, and novels.
Science fiction (soft, mostly)--flash fiction and short stories; novels on occasion.
Horror--anything that doesn't exceed R; this is one of my favorite genres.
Television and screenplay scripts--can do, but I only will take on a few of these.
What I Can Read With Prodding:
Romance (bittersweet, yes; sloppy, sugary teen flings, no)--flash fiction and short stories; novels on occasion.
Historical fiction (pre-Renaissance, Civil War, 20s, 50s, 80s)--flash fiction and short stories; novels on occasion.*
Poetry--free verse, mainly; shorter than fifty lines.* *
Songs.***
What I Cannot Read:
Mainstream teen drama, boy-meets-girl fiction. (Unless you sell yourself well.)
Soapy romance/melodramas.
Hard science fiction.
Fantasy that is all 'Suddenly, elves, dragons, and leprechauns!' Also, fantasy that doesn't have rules. Tolkien-style fantasy (I don't do extremely detailed epics, sorry).
Non-English works.
Poetry with meter and feet.
Most drabbles.
Fanfiction (for the most part--you can ask, but I'll probably say no).
My basic way of reviewing is simple. I sift through for misspelled words, sentences that don't make sense, and anything that catches my mind's eye as 'wrong.' I'm not very good at exotic punctuation (semi-colons are what my nightmares are made of), or spotting messed up tenses. If I notice something I don't like, I'll mention it--same if I notice something I don't like. I do, on average, line-by-line jobs. However, if you want an overview of what I think of the plot/characters/description/etc. I am fully fine with doing that. I can be critical, but I'm normally pretty upbeat. I will tell you if my eyes start to bleed, however. I'm a Jack-of-Trades when it comes to reviews.
I need your work to have good spelling (this includes titles), good grammar, and a speck of interest-value, however. Also, no 'adult' stuff and no excessive language.
For examples of published authors I like for a reference point:
F. Paul Wilson, Tim Bowler, Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, D.J. MacHale, Rick Riordan, Robin Wasserman, Scott Westerfield, Kate Cary, Jared Millet, and Sarah Brennan Rees.
*I can do this, but I'm not the history buff you're looking for.
**I'm okay at poetry, but I know little.
***Same as above; change poetry to 'song writing'.
Gender:
Points: 771
Reviews: 180