tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post2172528668968964887..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Unexpected Applause: The Fourth WishAndrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-8627373472930912082011-12-23T10:45:45.542-08:002011-12-23T10:45:45.542-08:00Shannon: I'm sure I'll do more of that whe...Shannon: I'm sure I'll do more of that when I have other appropriate books and when I have time to have him give it a read before I'm posting. Although, I may just do updates, later, once he (or my daughter) has read the book.<br /><br />walk2write: Thank you so much! Glad to have you!<br /><br />Grumpy: Yes, the "it" needs to come out.<br /><br />The comma is correct.<br /><br />Laying. I think. I'm not going back to check it, now, because I spent a lot of time with the laying vs lying thing when I was doing the writing, and I'm pretty sure I got the correct one in there. Unless I didn't.<br /><br />The space in wallpaper was either my tendency to include random spaces as I'm typing or my spell checker telling me that "wallpaper" is wrong. When I get around to updating my Kindle version, I'll check it.<br /><br />Alex: Yes, actually, do. I often wonder they go.<br /><br />Michael: Well, I'm glad you do, because they're hard to write. I mean, I thought writing the one for Monarch was difficult, but this one proved even more difficult.<br />I do wish I had more time to read, though, so that I could do them more than just once a month.<br /><br />Briane: Yeah, poetic license only goes so far. Except that some people believe you shouldn't have to have a license at all. But, to me, that's like not requiring a hunting license. Pretty soon, there would be no grammar left at all. Then, where would we be?<br /><br />I don't think any of us could actually afford to pay him to do it. It's better to just let him grump his way through as a way of getting to prove how grumpy he is. I think he's happier that way.<br /><br />Ooh! Reader of the Month! That would be swell...<br /><br />If I get time to do any extra writing, I'll try to get something together. As it is, I'm alread a story behind this month, so I'm not thinking I'm likely to get to it (even though I want to (I have a "Christmas on the Corner" story poking around in my brain)).<br /><br />ABftS: You know, I don't know that it detracts for the reader as much as it does for the author. For one thing, especially with punctuation, people don't know enough about it to notice, or, if they do, they assume the writer must be right. But it bothers me when I find something in my own writing; it's just such a "D'oh!" moment!<br /><br />Sarah P: Yeah, I agree. Most MG/YA material doesn't rise above being MG/YA material, so it can be hard to look at it through those eyes.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-62052495733379903552011-12-23T01:47:23.945-08:002011-12-23T01:47:23.945-08:00I enjoyed this, especially the second view from yo...I enjoyed this, especially the second view from your son. Sometimes it's hard to tell from a review if a MG book would be a great gift when you're not the target audience.Sarah Tokeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13273148070092101085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-46106561677515078472011-12-22T14:13:53.711-08:002011-12-22T14:13:53.711-08:00Indeed, sir. The painful part of reading over my n...Indeed, sir. The painful part of reading over my now published work is seeing the occasional typo. Luckily, they are damn few, but I agree it does detract from the reading.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-46919979261958142162011-12-22T11:04:31.602-08:002011-12-22T11:04:31.602-08:00And now my unsolicited pitch for Heather's con...And now my unsolicited pitch for Heather's contest and my own nonwinnitude:<br /><br />If you like winning, here's an easy one for you: Heather is having a contest:<br /><br />http://mydemonspirits.blogspot.com/<br /><br />To write a Xmas story in 500 words or less. You can enter until the 31st. Right now I'm winning, which isn't fair because I didn't even follow the rules. Which means pretty much any story you write is going to win. You could write "Christmas" 500 times in a row and beat me, and probably that would win some sort of literary award because we live in a stupid postmodern age. But I'm serious: Go enter! When people hold contests, we should enter, and everyone's got one Christmas story in them. Here, I'll get you started:<br /><br />1. An elderly woman finds a mysterious package under her Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. She lives alone, and it's signed "From Santa."<br /><br />2. A spaceship lands in Bethlehem on the night of the first Christmas.<br /><br />3. Two boxers in the locker room talk about the fight they just had and their plans for Christmas.<br /><br />Come on, get writing!Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-12926547787150757052011-12-22T11:04:10.604-08:002011-12-22T11:04:10.604-08:00This was a really-well-thought-out review. I'...This was a really-well-thought-out review. I'm always worried about grammar and punctuation, as I kind of make it up as I go along and then claim poetic license when people corner me.<br /><br />Are we all comfortable with Grumpy having some kind of secret website where he posts our editing mistakes? And how much, Grumpy, would you charge for copyediting a book before it came out? (Seriously?) <br /><br />Alex is a smartass. But we need more of those because if there's one thing the Internet is lacking, it's smartassitude. And really I just wanted to say "ass." A lot.<br /><br />Andrew! I didn't get your book up in time on the Indie Gift List. I'm going to try to post it today, which I know is late, but I can offer you the consolation prize of being the next Reader Of The Month if you'd like, once Grumpy has served his term honorably.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-13489083257692169832011-12-22T08:18:16.443-08:002011-12-22T08:18:16.443-08:00I'm laughing at Alex's comment. What a sma...I'm laughing at Alex's comment. What a smartass. I like your segments on these books. They are well thought out and well written.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-81031800711495942082011-12-22T07:18:02.634-08:002011-12-22T07:18:02.634-08:00Be glad you ARE mentally thirty years past the tar...Be glad you ARE mentally thirty years past the target audience. Missing words? Don't you it when that happens? I mean really...Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-82841858748868183312011-12-22T05:21:15.923-08:002011-12-22T05:21:15.923-08:00I actually starting highlighting things in "T...I actually starting highlighting things in "The House on the Corner" on my Kindle but then I wasn't sure how to get it from the Kindle to the Internet. <br /><br />Then I found out the other day the highlights were showing up in Amazon somewhere:<br /><br />Basically, anything we couldn’t get it in the truck or the back of the station wagon, we didn’t bring withRead more at location 95<br /><br />[Delete IT]<br /><br />will, too, have friends!” said Ruth.Read more at location 136<br /><br />[Delete the first comma]<br /><br />that Mom had left laying on the floor.Read more at location 298<br /><br />[Laying or lying?]<br /><br />see that the wall paper wasn't actually on the walls. It was attached to someRead more at location 330<br /><br />[wallpaper is one word]<br /><br />If I'd known that they were showing up I would have kept going. Really why it's good to read the manual first.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-66034452263731849322011-12-22T04:45:56.230-08:002011-12-22T04:45:56.230-08:00I came over here from Shannon's site. It's...I came over here from Shannon's site. It's refreshing to read a man's perspective on the whole writing/publishing scene. I wish you success in your work.walk2writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501812375142037251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-8900959259483535022011-12-21T23:44:25.189-08:002011-12-21T23:44:25.189-08:00I like hearing the combination of opinions. I'...I like hearing the combination of opinions. I'd love to see that be something you do in the future again, with opinions from your son. He's four years older than my son, but it's always good to have that basis for a book intended for a younger audience. Plus, I enjoy reading kid books right along with him, so your take on it is also valuable.Shannon Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934641808195675935noreply@blogger.com