Quickie Dear Author
A comment and a postcard message.
The anti-rennfaire author I wrote about three letters back? One of the ways she dissed rennies was to have members of the culture make fun of other members of the culture a la "and she makes soap! Soap! All that messing about with pots and crap and do you know what soap sells for at the grocery store? What a waste of time and money!" I was thinking about that today because it's going to be really interesting if that author ever smacks into Tim Myers or Cricket McRae at a cozy con. I'm just sayin'.
2) Postcard to All Suspense Authors, Ever:
Please stop ending your first chapter with anything along the lines of "things were about to get crazy" or "if I knew then what I was getting into," or "that was just the beginning." Dude! It's the first damn chapter! We already KNOW there's going to be more to the story! Either we've already bailed or we're already going to read Chapter 2. You don't have to put a blatant hook there. Really.
Signed,
I just read four books in a row like that and it's started to give me hives.
The anti-rennfaire author I wrote about three letters back? One of the ways she dissed rennies was to have members of the culture make fun of other members of the culture a la "and she makes soap! Soap! All that messing about with pots and crap and do you know what soap sells for at the grocery store? What a waste of time and money!" I was thinking about that today because it's going to be really interesting if that author ever smacks into Tim Myers or Cricket McRae at a cozy con. I'm just sayin'.
2) Postcard to All Suspense Authors, Ever:
Please stop ending your first chapter with anything along the lines of "things were about to get crazy" or "if I knew then what I was getting into," or "that was just the beginning." Dude! It's the first damn chapter! We already KNOW there's going to be more to the story! Either we've already bailed or we're already going to read Chapter 2. You don't have to put a blatant hook there. Really.
Signed,
I just read four books in a row like that and it's started to give me hives.