Comments on: Guest Post: Why Sidekicks Can Make It or Break It /guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: The Lone Ranger – The Original Series, Vol. 1 | Movie City Online /guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-134 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:02:49 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/2010/01/17/guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-134 […] Guest Post: Why Sidekicks Can Make It or Break It | Tale Chasing […]

]]> By: Kristen Painter /guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-133 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:32:55 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/2010/01/17/guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-133 Great post with some interesting observations. I really enjoyed reading it!

]]> By: Leah /guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-132 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:56:09 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/2010/01/17/guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-132 I have to agree with Kimiko. Humorous sidekicks really add to the reading experience. One of the funniest sidekicks I've encountered is Jim the demon dog in Katie MacAlister's Aisling Grey Guardian Series. I can't count the number of times I laughed out loud reading the first book You Slay Me. Jim is an absolute riot!

]]> By: Kimiko /guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-131 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:52:05 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/2010/01/17/guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-131 Thanks for the comment Carolyn. I loved the article that Rebecca wrote for TaleChasing.

I've been working on trying to decide who the side kick is/should be for my own story. I love the little bits of comic relief that side kicks can add.

]]> By: Rebecca Baumann /guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-130 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:30:39 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/2010/01/17/guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-130 Hi Carolyn,
Well, given the average lifespan for a hamster, I'm afraid to say that he probably should have died eons ago. I know, I'm so morbid, but isn't it funny how attached we can become to a sidekick, even if it can't speak? Sometimes the sidekick will garner all of my emotional involvement and attachment, and that's what happened with Jenks in Harrison's series too. I love that little guy.

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]]> By: Carolyn Crane /guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-128 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:03:05 +0000 http://www.talechasing.com/2010/01/17/guest-post-why-sidekicks-can-make-it-or-break-it/#comment-128 I really love this extended meditation on sidekicks, an issue I never really thought much about. And probably should. I esp love this:

"If I could conjure the perfect sidekick it would be funny, fierce, and otherworldly."

I can totally see why the ferret helped sell Spellbent. Look at the little guy! How cute!! I always liked Stephanie Plum's hamster, and God help Janet Evanovich if she ever kills that thing off.

On the Kim Harrison, I remember, I read that first book, and I was so worried about Jenks, and sort of annoyed that the main character didn't care more about keeping him safe, that I couldn't go on with the series. I've gotten over it and mean to pick up #2 now.

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