tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post3522421940497464610..comments2024-01-19T22:01:50.746-05:00Comments on Three Wicked Writers Plus Two: Frumpy Frocks and Mullets...OHHHH NOOOOCari Quinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06581235338272282124noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-8375179032342207702010-03-23T11:46:43.764-04:002010-03-23T11:46:43.764-04:00fashions don't bother me. But Patsy has a grea...fashions don't bother me. But Patsy has a great point. I hate when an author seems unable to shut about all the crap she learned researching the story. Details, details, details, details, details...yes, good for you. You can describe things right down to the last bloody cell. Can we get back to the damn story now? LOL I hate that!<br /><br />Also, another pet peeve when reading is when the Anne Raineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06110446131001665977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-69845114829632505982010-03-22T13:26:48.617-04:002010-03-22T13:26:48.617-04:00When I look back over the last 55 yrs of being an ...When I look back over the last 55 yrs of being an avid reader, I have read a little of all genres and the style of writing has changed, just as fashion. What was called sexy is now normal. We have to go with the flow or just pick out the books we want to read if you can find them. LOL.. Clean writing has almost been extinguished so we have to go to YA books if that is what we want to read. I donmisskallie2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/09235631978482541630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-39631377354242523392010-03-20T10:04:28.821-04:002010-03-20T10:04:28.821-04:00Too funny. I admit I haven't read books with o...Too funny. I admit I haven't read books with out-of-date settings and fashions, but I've read plenty with old-fashioned language. Most recent was the book whose hero thought, "Hells bells", before having sex with the heroine. I nearly laughed myself sick. Who says "hells bells" in the new millenium? Certainly not a sexy alpha male.<br /><br />Best--AdeleAdele Duboishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975297711548126595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-65573682147074850412010-03-19T23:06:19.108-04:002010-03-19T23:06:19.108-04:00LOL I've read a few books like that. I usually...LOL I've read a few books like that. I usually make sure I check any future books I might buy from the author, if I even bother.<br /><br />Now, what's funny is to find an older book that was accurate at the time. Those can be a real crack-up. GRINAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947676125623585115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-68168102323263918542010-03-19T19:43:01.268-04:002010-03-19T19:43:01.268-04:00That outfit you have on the blog reminds me of Mrs...That outfit you have on the blog reminds me of Mrs. Roper from Three's Company..I am cringing...OMG. I know exactly what you mean though. If you want me to see the character as being hip enough to have toe curling sex and do some of the things described in the story, then you need to make sure they character is not stuck in a time warp....It makes it hard to accept it you know. Because Vonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-55391086897690596832010-03-19T18:48:25.111-04:002010-03-19T18:48:25.111-04:00HA! Great post, Reg. You hit one of my pet peeves....HA! Great post, Reg. You hit one of my pet peeves. Another is when they write the male POV and he doesn't sound like a man. Men think, sound and act completely different than women and it drives me crazy to read a man who sounds nothing like one.Madison Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866919030956287067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-45556015376991707302010-03-19T15:58:57.764-04:002010-03-19T15:58:57.764-04:00ROTFLMAO! I love your post! Linda Howard is my f...ROTFLMAO! I love your post! Linda Howard is my favorite romance/suspense author, especially her older stuff and every time I re-read, I have to redesign the clothes on her characters and bring them up to date. I can't bear polyester and panty-hose! I pretend I didn't just read that....Julia Rachel Barretthttp://juliarachelbarrett.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-45618371343866030232010-03-19T12:40:07.803-04:002010-03-19T12:40:07.803-04:00I know. No one wants to be able to count a hero...I know. No one wants to be able to count a hero's steps to a door, watch him reach out, grab the knob and turn before stepping inside. Yeesh. Minutae!!!! Nothing slows a scene more. We don't need to know her toothpaste has red, green and white stripes and that it smells 'minty fresh'.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-27976840934496194362010-03-19T12:31:48.498-04:002010-03-19T12:31:48.498-04:00The only thing that really bothers me and will mak...The only thing that really bothers me and will make me put down a book before I finish reading it is when the author gets too detailed. He or she will go on page upon page,discribing whatever. I keep waiting for them to tell me what color the fleas on the dog are! That is my pet peeve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-74674753281713647572010-03-19T12:10:34.055-04:002010-03-19T12:10:34.055-04:00TGIF to you too, Cecile. And hey...ramble away any...TGIF to you too, Cecile. And hey...ramble away anytime.That's pretty much what we do around here most of the time. Yeah. I think it's just a 'stuff that doesn't belong' thing. You just know it doesn't fit into the scene and you wonder why the author does it.Regina Carlyslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316730032624449669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927196002363676480.post-20467571716824370722010-03-19T11:58:08.457-04:002010-03-19T11:58:08.457-04:00Great post... that took me back, lol. Not sure if ...Great post... that took me back, lol. Not sure if this is a pet peeve or just irritating as all h3ll... when the scene is flowing and everything is going good.. and then out of left field the author throws something "that just does not belong" kinda thing in the scene... I have a few more.. but I do not want to ramble...<br />TGIF!!!Cecile Smutty Hussyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396832012591524937noreply@blogger.com