Comments for Moriah Jovan

Comment on Book Review: The Duchess et al by MoJo

MoJo — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:43:39 +0000

I’ve been thinking about this some more and I’ve come to the conclusion that this was a good example of sloppy editing.

Asking the questions I asked is the editor’s job.

When you’re writing, you’re so far in sometimes you can’t see your way back out again. You know these people (or you should) and you know why they do what. You assume that it’s obvious to everyone else. And you know? You’re ALLOWED to do that because you’re the writer. You assume that if it’s bought, the editor will help you work it out.

Once the editor buys the manuscript, the onus is on the editor to make the writer step back, take a deep breath, and work out the tangles if there are any.

Comment on Book Review: The Duchess et al by Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:46:51 +0000

What I read gave me the impression that it was the DUKE who wasn’t fleshed out in the writer’s mind enough to answer those questions for CAMILLE.

See, and this is the kind of insightful comment that only writers can make about books.

Comment on Creating e-books: Gather your “materials” by Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:25:42 +0000

I’ll clean your toilets and you can format my e-books? DEAL, baby.

Comment on Book Review: The Duchess et al by MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:13:05 +0000

Jessica, I’ve had word counts on my mind lately and now I’m beginning to wonder if some of that could have been alleviated with more room to elaborate or if they were simple oversights.

I’m not going to say I don’t have continuity errors in my work (I do), but I tried to minimize them by asking, “Why would s/he do that?” and “What are the consequences?” and “What are the long-term ramifications?” and “THEN what would s/he do about THAT and why?” of X decision.

What I read gave me the impression that it was the DUKE who wasn’t fleshed out in the writer’s mind enough to answer those questions for CAMILLE. After 20 years, she should’ve been able to deduce what he might or might not do in any given situation.

Whatever continuity errors are left that were either A) not solvable or B) not caught, the fantasy should be able to bear up under the weight of them in either frequency or severity, or both.

But AGAIN, I don’t know if I’m reacting to the story or others’ reactions. I think I should’ve waited a couple of months to read it and let that settle.

Comment on Book Review: The Duchess et al by Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:37:06 +0000

Finally, after three tries, I had the time to sit down and read your review. I totally agree with you about those inconsistencies. And I agree with you that inconsistencies WITHIN the world the author has created — no matter how fantastical — are problematic.

Authors can make the most statistically unlikely things believable, it’s like magic to me, but I agree that some of the duchess’s behavior was under motivated and odd — for her and her situation.

Comment on Creating e-books: Gather your “materials” by MoJo

MoJo — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:48:27 +0000

Eva, you learned how to blockquote, right? And you can come clean MY toilets anytime!

Kel, you’re very welcome.

Comment on Creating e-books: Gather your “materials” by RJ Keller

RJ Keller — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:50:00 +0000

I just bookmarked this page.

Thanks a million, MoJo.

Comment on Creating e-books: Gather your “materials” by Eva Gale

Eva Gale — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:48:12 +0000

Heh.

I don’t even know how to blockquote and you think I can do this?

Wait, I think I have a toilet to clean…

Comment on Faith and hope and elbow grease by Th.

Th. — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:25:16 +0000

I’ll give you the occasional push, not to worry.

Comment on Book Review: The Duchess et al by MoJo

MoJo — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:36:10 +0000

The code is:

< blockquote >blah blah blah< / blockquote >

Just run the symbols and the “blockquote” all together without the spaces.