a little rant...

I’m trying to read a book right now. For a week. I’m typically a book/day or 2 girl. I’m only halfway through. I can understand that what turns on one person, turns another one off. I make allowances. But when the believability factor goes out the window in favor of the sex, even if I’m turned off and skip a few pages, that’s when I go bonkers.

But the book is teaching me a few things:
1. What NOT to do with adverbs and adjectives, particularly in sex scenes.
2. How NOT to begin a book (Umm, Back Story anyone?) reveal it later if you absolutely must.
3. How to show animal lust in many different situations with limited vocabulary and without thought or concern for the character you(the hero) are SUPPOSED to be falling in love with.

And on it goes. At least it is not quite as bad as the Beautiful Bella drivel I could only get 1/3 the way through. I suppose I should’ve cared enough to see if that author came up with any other adjectives by the time the series was done but the fact was I didn’t. I’m not sure I care about these characters either. The author hasn’t given me a reason to care. Just reason to raise a brow and question the believability. And that’s without going into scientific anatomy and realistic expectations (Ahem) when it comes to sex.
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(4d later): last night I finally finished it. The story get better at the end minus the sex which ended up just plain tedious. But as I stated before it’s a matter of personal preference. At least this book gave me hope. Hope that if I am persistent I will be published. Provided I don’t turn my editor off w/ the sex scenes I write.

did you miss me? LOL

Sorry for my absence. It has been slower going than I wanted.

I continue to write but find myself taking time to edit a different manuscript, go over an old idea, etc. I don’t currently feel as ‘linear goal’ minded as I was a few months ago. I feel like I am making writing progress regardless and maybe when the summer is done I’ll be able to get to more serious writing.

But the good news is that I really feel I'm improving and my writing goes smoother. The manuscript I'm editing is showing me that. One more pass through and I find a beta reader.