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		<title>The good and the bad&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, I have to say that Chris Poirier has accomplished something I thought was absolutely impossible: a story in present tense that is actually fun to read. After the first couple of episodes, I completely forgot that I was reading present tense, and it never once threw me out of the prose. Amazing? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Werewolf Mafia Drama</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The site is well-designed, the story thought out carefully, and the writing is a grammar nut&#8217;s wet dream. With all of that going for it, you&#8217;d expect the actual action to be crap. Nope&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;dialogue rings true, description is concise, action is beautifully paced. Damn. Chris Poirier is a bloody good writer, and this serial has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Howling for more</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gavin Williams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;Winter Rain&#34; is a well-constructed thrill-ride.&#160; Written in the rarely-used, often ill-used, present tense, the writer (Chris Poirer) makes it work:&#160; because it puts you into the action, following the dynamic and aggressive life of a young werewolf.

It suits the instinctual nature of these wolves, who run as much on animal cunning as they do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Miss This!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My intention was to read a couple of pages and two hours later I reluctantly tore myself away because of work or sleep – I can’t remember which.&#160; The next day I returned and read as far as was possible at that time.&#160; I check this site almost daily eager for updates.&#160; Got an idea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Characterless</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Scott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sorry, but I just lost interest completely after the first three parts. There were just words on paper, no characters or setting. I didn&#8217;t know what anyone looked like, where they were or anything that would have made me even remotely interested.
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		<title>Engaging Read</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As far as I&#8217;m concerned, Chris&#8217;s choice of update length was golden. There is not a cliffhanger every chapter, there&#8217;s a cliffhanger nearly every update (with roughly 10 updates per chapter).

The first few posts are amateurish and blocky, but the prose smooths out surprisingly quickly. Before the end of the first chapter, I stopped noticing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breathtaking</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had planned a quick perusal of this very fetching looking site, hours later I came out with my mind a buzz and feeling like every sense had been fulfilled.&#160; Poirier literally yanks the readers right into the middle and holds us there till he&#8217;s shown us everything there is to show.&#160; Quick, crisp description, [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just read the first 59 installments in one sitting and now have happily added Winter Rain to my feeder so I can enjoy the frustration of cliff-hanging and anticipation of the next chapter.

A great story that unveils itself quite wonderfully. Well written, very visual &#8211; you forget that you&#8217;re reading and just get involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increasingly good</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MeiLin Miranda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m with Sonja: Present tense usually drives me batty. It&#8217;s extremely hard to do. And it&#8217;s a testament to Chris Poirier&#8217;s skill as a writer that he carries it off unobtrusively and naturally.

In fact, I don&#8217;t know if you could tell this story in past tense. The writing has an immediacy and a freshness that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shifters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sonja Nitschke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Caveat:&#160; Winter Rain is a serial novel, still regularly updated.&#160; Review is subject to change based on further installments.

I don&#8217;t usually care for present tense.&#160; In fact, I try to stay away from it if I possibly can.

It wasn&#8217;t until chapter two that I fully realized that Winter Rain is, in fact, written in present [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Bites</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Suleski</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter Rain is family drama with a touch of the supernatural.

The story begins with a very mysterious, highly visual narrative that throws you into the narrator&#8217;s first person perspective and immerses you in Tiergan&#8217;s feelings. Even though it&#8217;s first person, a lot is hidden from the reader, as Tiergan doesn&#8217;t take time to &#34;explain&#34; things [...]]]></description>
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