tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2195583283814493698..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Assorted Fiction NatteringsFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-16447842526423512042014-08-14T16:28:32.669-04:002014-08-14T16:28:32.669-04:00A short trip to Philadelphia has given me some tim...A short trip to Philadelphia has given me some time with my Nook again, and I've been reading some of your short stories that I'd squirreled away against the advent of free time.<br /><br />I'm really enjoying them. Thank you for your work!Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-13904192009240680952014-08-14T14:39:45.988-04:002014-08-14T14:39:45.988-04:00And you're absolutely right about the female c...And you're absolutely right about the female characters and pushing an agenda instead of entertaining. I've noticed the same phenomenon. <br /><br />Like your wife, I love a good mystery. Lately all the detective heroines are butt kicking hard-liners who inevitably get hooked up with one or another detective where they melt into his manly body - or something.<br /><br />My general practice if I really like a book is to delve into other things the author has written.<br /><br />Sooooo.....I read a really well written book which had a minor character who was homosexual. I grabbed three of her other books and it became quite clear that homosexuals of some sort or another were in all of her books.<br /><br />They all went back unread. I wasn't interested in her fixation.<br /><br />And I won't tolerate graphic sex scenes. I know how it's done and I don't need an author to explain bodily fluids to me. Ugh! <br /><br />Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-44842850353596252202014-08-14T14:27:41.398-04:002014-08-14T14:27:41.398-04:00Conversation with editor (hubby):
"Would you...Conversation with editor (hubby):<br /><br />"Would you please edit my post"<br /><br />"Okay"<br /><br />"Wow, only a few commas." <i>(Not sure if they were added or subtracted.)</i><br /><br />"Really?"<br /><br />"I fixed a few of Fran's things, too"<br /><br />"Wait. What? You <i>edited</i> Fran?"<br /><br />"Well, wrong is wrong. He won't even notice."<br /><br />Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562944653624224107noreply@blogger.com