Save Good Fiction

I agree with your opinions that good fiction is becoming rare these days, but in order to know what bad fiction is, one must know what good fiction is. Where it can be found. The writers and publishers.
So please send me your examples of good fiction, and while you're at it, look over my journal.
Comment or mail me your opinions, I'd like to know if I have a chance at becoming any kind of writer.
Your feedback is very much appreciated,

Dot 

I have seen the worst book ever written. I did not read it, oh no, only saw a younger friend reading it. However, I opened it up and looked at it.

The book is Old Magic, the publisher is Simon Pulse. From what my friend told me, it's about a young man whose family is cursed, and there's this girl who loves him, so they go back in time to stop the curse from being put on his family and they live happily ever after.

*gag*

If that wasn't bad enough--and, oh boy, it probably is--the story's written in first-person and jumps POV every chapter. Not only that, it's written in PRESENT TENSE. I mean...

Present tense? Come on. You can't write in present tense. Not without sounding like you're retarded. That tense is only fit for roleplaying games, quite frankly.

I e-mailed the author about her crappy book. I asked her why she wrote it in present tense. I'm waiting on a reply, and, if it's interesting, I'll probably post it here...

It just passed through my mind a few minutes ago, something about questioning purpose with dialog...

I can't count how many times I see the protagonist helped by someone unlikely. That's fine, if done properly... But, every time this happens--and, likely, I'm guilty of this too--the protagonist will ask WHY the person helps them. Even if the situation is dire, such as a group of enemies are advancing on them.

On top of that, usually the unlikely helper has some cliche reason.

"You remind me of a young/more optomistic/jaded me."

Or, "It's the right/noble thing to do."

Now, I can see having your character ask why they're helping if it's REALLY unlikely *and* you have a good reason for it. If you're proud of your reasoning and the depth it gives the helper, then, yeah, it's probably fine. Well, just so long as you're a good enough writer not to make the scene boring and cliche. But, if you're just going to thow out "You remind me of a young me", what's the point?

I mean... Really?

We're here to sympathize with those who are confused and infuriated by all the "writers" of today--the idiots on the internet with their crappy characterization and overabundance of cliches, the novels you buy and then must wonder how they got printed, the bad poetry that abounds...

It's a dim time for English. Won't you join us as we lament?