tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893796654996201296.post8077546834979949927..comments2023-10-10T09:27:56.468-07:00Comments on Samantha Combs Writes!: Dear Author...PLEASE DON'T.......Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17783063839921214559noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893796654996201296.post-63554754903065956362011-10-02T15:46:35.700-07:002011-10-02T15:46:35.700-07:00Thought I read the word 'bros' somewhere. ...Thought I read the word 'bros' somewhere. Turns out I have it in my Christmas story.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716003019499843582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893796654996201296.post-31247620466579480332011-10-01T15:28:47.098-07:002011-10-01T15:28:47.098-07:00Don't pants your story, realize you're awf...Don't pants your story, realize you're awfully close to the 100K cutoff limit and just stop the story (I can always tell). <br /><br />Don't create a plot twist and solve it with someone or something that swoops in out of the blue - that is, something created just to write you out of the corner you wrote yourself into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893796654996201296.post-49874622945631539002011-10-01T14:36:08.380-07:002011-10-01T14:36:08.380-07:00My personal favorite is how no one ever worries ab...My personal favorite is how no one ever worries about bills or paying the rent or mortgage or getting an overdraft charge for running out of money in the checking account in contemporaries. I mean, isn't that part of IRL (in real life), especially today? That would hammer me in the chest for realism. Think about it, Authors!<br />And Gayle? I'll be looking for "buckaroo" from you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783063839921214559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893796654996201296.post-38097430739007258782011-09-30T21:52:32.605-07:002011-09-30T21:52:32.605-07:00Okay, I'm definitely using "Buckaroo"...Okay, I'm definitely using "Buckaroo" in my next book. How can I pass that up? LMAOGayle Carlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783449240138097315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893796654996201296.post-7327177306443221542011-09-30T20:26:05.273-07:002011-09-30T20:26:05.273-07:00I also don't get the making love and never hav...I also don't get the making love and never having to clean up, at least have them take a shower or something to maintain the romance.<br />I hate it when it feels like the author is filling space. It could be them explaining the environment for each scene, too much setting up and then not even enough detail about the event itself or the setting up is so long the event gets lost in that detail. Or they set you up with huge suspense for something that never happens or happens on a minute scale. Ggrrrrr. I just throw that book aside.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02530886181437955643noreply@blogger.com