Buffy ,'Dirty Girls'
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
I'd offer to beta stuff -- next week, though, so this offer might now work.
ION, I am blogging once a day on "Fiction" and it's kicking my ass. But it's like windsprints, except for no running (thank you jesus.)
Yesterday's post was finished at 1:30 am, so it's a little slap-happy, but I am grimly determined to pump out something every day for August. I WILL WRITESERVERE!
It's the top ten ways to make your novel a wallbanger - you know, thrown across the room in disgust: [link]
verb tenses that time-travel more than a Diana Gabaldon heroine
snerk
You've actually run into a published book where a character got referred to by a different names? That seems like a pretty big slip-up.
I came across a place in my rough draft where for one scene I used a completely different name for a character (as opposed to just a different spelling, which, um, I'm discovering needs some work). I was kinda horrified that I did that.
It happens. A lot of people aren't as careful and it seems copy editors should be on the endangered list.
On All About Romance a book was once given an F- grade - it was a western and the hero rode in on a stallion and out on a gelding.
it was a western and the hero rode in on a stallion and out on a gelding.
Well, it's more believable than the other way around.
The reviewers comment: "poor horsie!"
Heh, thanks, Toddson! But copy editors should be on the endangered list -- not ALL of us!!
Gud, You've actually run into a published book where a character got referred to by a different names? That seems like a pretty big slip-up.
A couple of times, actually -- don't ask for cites, but now, of course it'll drive me crazy till I can remember!
And I totally get draft slip-ups -- that's natural, and why multiple eyes are so important.
But when massive errors make it past writers, editors, line edits and copyeditors, it sets me hissing like an affronted cat.
You've actually run into a published book where a character got referred to by a different names?
See also 19th century Russian novels.
One of the ones I remember was a Sookie Stackhouse book. I can't remember the character's name, some dude in town, but his facial hair was described in detail and his last name was Hunter.
About 2/3 of the way in, his first name suddenly changed from Bob or whatever to "Catfish."
So I figured she'd been basing the character on Catfish Hunter and hadn't caught all the uses of the name with global search-and-replace.
Luckseller is really good so far (I was able to get about 1/2 through last night, where they are just driving away from the roadside rest stop).