Author: Christie Stratos

This is the last 500-word critique, so come on out and participate! Just a a few minutes of your time and a comment to help an indie author improve his Science Fiction work. Thanks in advance!

Come critique the first 500 words of Kim Johnson’s book, Her Only Escape! She’d love to hear your opinion.

You can still submit 500 words of your piece to be critiqued! In the meantime, critique someone else’s. 🙂

Bartleby, the Scrivener by Herman Melville My rating: 2 of 5 stars This story is very reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Sphinx”, which I also found to be a letdown. The buildup here is great. There’s a little bit of humor, a lot of mystery that grows and grows, and several ways the story […]

Room by Emma Donoghue My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book was truly excellent and very well researched. Check out the website for insight into the author’s research: http://roomthebook.com. I would recommend this book to writers because of how well written it was – there’s a lot to learn from every angle. Being written […]