Robin's Friend Comments

K.G. wrote: "Hey Robin! I left a review for you! (GoodReads and Amazon) I actually finished the book a while back but have been away from Goodreads for a while with my crazy busy life... Now the summer has come..."

Hi Kyle, I wondered where you had gotten to, I was a little worried that your inner dragon might have eaten you.☺☺ Glad to hear that you were just busy. Thank you for the stars and the stellar review (see what I did there?) It might be more than we deserve but I will take it nonetheless.☺☺

Hey Robin! I left a review for you! (GoodReads and Amazon) I actually finished the book a while back but have been away from Goodreads for a while with my crazy busy life... Now the summer has come, and I shall have a moment or two to slow down and do some more reading and writing! Hope you are well!

KG

K.G. wrote: "Robin wrote: "K.G. wrote: "As I intimated in one of our earlier exchanges, I have one tiny pet peeve with the formatting of your book. In my humble opinion--well, I'm not sure it is humble... sligh..."

Hi Kyle, Happy almost Easter! Just spotted your reply. Who says modern day communication is instantaneous? LOL.

Maddie makes a very good argument for her case. Hopefully without misrepresenting her, it goes like this...

Yes the use of three asterisks for a section break is a useful and valid writing tool but...

It can interrupt the narrative flow

It can make the writing both read and physically look, disjointed and fragmented.

It can be an excuse for lazy writing. It's easy to whack in three asterisks and move on but it may not be the best or most elegant solution.

It was interesting writing that way anyway and it certainly made me question whether I have overused it in the past? I guess anything that gets you thinking about whether you are doing your best work is no bad thing?

Anyway, enough of that subject. Hope the writing editing and all of that stuff is going well and not suffering too much at the hands of real life and all that goes with it?

Have yourself a good Easter.

Robin wrote: "K.G. wrote: "As I intimated in one of our earlier exchanges, I have one tiny pet peeve with the formatting of your book. In my humble opinion--well, I'm not sure it is humble... slightly modest and..."
Good enough... compromise, or yielding to your sister, seems the better part of discretion--at least in this instance. Stilll... I'm with you on this one! Sorry for the long delay! Haven't checked into GR in quite a while!

K.G. wrote: "As I intimated in one of our earlier exchanges, I have one tiny pet peeve with the formatting of your book. In my humble opinion--well, I'm not sure it is humble... slightly modest and inconspicuou..."

Hi KG, yes i know what you mean. What I unscientjfically call a 'star, star, star.' ☺As I mentioned, this is not just my book. I do use that very method in my Bell Hill books. However, my sister absolutely hates it. (With a passion). She says it interrupts the narrative flow. She prefers to use a clear indicator, such as naming the person/place we are now with in the opening sentence of the new POV. If you have read my blog piece about writing with someone else, you will know that a trip to the weapons cabinet ensued. I lost that one (it was a trade off for some other stuff). I did insist on it in a couple of places where i really thought the transition was too big a wrench and she did agree it was the best solution. So, there you go. Compromise is a wonderful thing. I should also point out that Maddie has sold more books than me by some way, so she must be doing something right.☺It's a good point though and thank you for it.

As I intimated in one of our earlier exchanges, I have one tiny pet peeve with the formatting of your book. In my humble opinion--well, I'm not sure it is humble... slightly modest and inconspicuous at times, I suppose, but irascible and thorny, once it settles in...like a good nettle--but seriously, dear Robin, here is my two cents: I am enjoying your book, but I often get confused as I am reading because there are no breaks or borders between paragraphs when the scene suddenly changes and we are inside another character's point of view. A simple line of asterisks or some kind of physical border line would work (my book formatter took my asterisks in the Word doc and turned them into a nice and very elegant symbol). That would serve the purpose of letting the reader know that the story has moved on to another locale and/or character/time of day, etc. Just a thought for your future books!

K.G. wrote: "Guess what arrived in paperback today? "The Field of Reeds, Book One: In Shadows!" I will start reading it tonight! (s soon as I'm done riding the writing wave... gotta take it as far as you can!)
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Don't mind me KG, keep on surfing the wave while you have it ☺I was trying to get back into my 'Bell Hill,' headspace but Xmas kicked me right out of it☺Hope you don't hate 'Field of Reeds' and Happy New Year!🍻

Guess what arrived in paperback today? "The Field of Reeds, Book One: In Shadows!" I will start reading it tonight! (s soon as I'm done riding the writing wave... gotta take it as far as you can!)

I hope your Yule wasn't gruel-ing, and full of tom-foolery, my friend. Have a wonderful New Year's!