tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post3435613803914677312..comments2023-09-23T12:13:10.019+00:00Comments on December Quinn, Erotic Romance<br>Stacia Kane, Sexy Urban Fantasy: That Old Black MagicStaciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969399927758009095noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-74009552171355802082007-11-08T18:56:00.000+00:002007-11-08T18:56:00.000+00:00It felt like padding, Bernita. It bugged me. Can't...It felt like padding, Bernita. It bugged me. Can't you just say "She lit the candle"? Do you always have to frigging specify HOW?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Lol Robyn, I know, that bugs me. But then it bugs me when paranormal authors have witches in the past practicing Wicca, including the Rede, which is only about 60 years old.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969399927758009095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-38144210446869608992007-11-08T15:06:00.000+00:002007-11-08T15:06:00.000+00:00Almost like the actual incantation was too hard to...Almost like the actual incantation was too hard to come up with, eh? <BR/><BR/>I would probably be okay with that as long as the mages didn't rhyme. Gad I hate rhyming spells.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857307804942257484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-13864166912374407052007-11-08T13:46:00.000+00:002007-11-08T13:46:00.000+00:00Sounds like padding, actually.Sounds like padding, actually.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-483924274137651642007-11-08T09:29:00.000+00:002007-11-08T09:29:00.000+00:00You know, Rebecca, I've found myself not only doin...You know, Rebecca, I've found myself not only doing that when reading but when writing. I'll start to move on and then I think, "NO, you have to DEAL with that, you're being a lameass if you don't." Sigh.Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969399927758009095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-54500926056438010602007-11-08T02:00:00.000+00:002007-11-08T02:00:00.000+00:00Author laziness is one of the things that has real...Author laziness is one of the things that has really started to stick out to me since I started writing - not saying every author I read is lazy at all - just that I notice it when an author has skimmed over a particularly difficult part. (or at least I imagine I do) <BR/><BR/>It particularly bugs me when something significant happens - where the protagonist should be noticeably scared, or upset, or shocked...and yet you barely get any sense of the character's emotional response....like it all just got too hard or something.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582796689281835066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-20879863881199947822007-11-07T21:41:00.000+00:002007-11-07T21:41:00.000+00:00You know, Charles, I almost said in the post that ...You know, Charles, I almost said in the post that it was a lazy shortcut? Great minds... :-)<BR/>Yep, it was the constant repetition, and the fact that it felt so "Look! MAGIC!"Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969399927758009095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-38056103538826251302007-11-07T18:44:00.000+00:002007-11-07T18:44:00.000+00:00That's like the writerly equivalent of the Easy bu...That's like the writerly equivalent of the Easy button. And I agree, it's irritating to the reader and unnnecessary.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com