I am no grammar queen, or a drama queen for that matter.

In fact, let’s just put that to rest. While I may wear a crown as a romance author, I am not a queen of any sort.

But I do still have pet peeves, ones that—as a reader—pull me out of any story.

You’d think, with my fundamental hatred (yup, I’m going there) of head-hopping that I would love first person tomes. I don’t. In fact, there are only a few authors I love who write in first person, and one of them is on hiatus right now. I’m looking at you, Dawn Crandall, I hope you can write again someday.

So, here’s where I get attacked with pitchforks. “But, writers used to do it all the time! If it’s done well, it’s really good! So-and-So author does it and everyone loves her!”

And therein lies the problem. About 1 in 100 books I read where they employ head hopping/POV shifting, it’s actually done well and in 100% of cases, it’s noticeable (thank goodness or romance characters would look terribly narcissistic). One book I read had three hops within one paragraph.

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