{"id":311,"date":"2010-04-01T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=311"},"modified":"2010-04-01T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T09:26:00","slug":"a-reader-gives-her-opinion-not-april-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/a-reader-gives-her-opinion-not-april-fool","title":{"rendered":"A Reader Gives Her Opinion–Not April Fool!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi –Watch yourselves today! It’s the day of–Look on your head–a spider! Don’t fall for that–or any other prank.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I read a very good comment on a blog titled Callapidder Days, a “mom” website and blog by Katrina. Here’s the link<\/p>\n

http:\/\/callapidderdays.com\/2010\/03\/the-book-i-didnt-like.html#comments<\/a><\/p>\n

The Katrina, leader of Callapidderdays, launched a discussion about reading a book which had no likeable characters and wishing she hadn’t. As an author, I am always sensitive to this. If my reader doesn’t care about my lead characters, they won’t buy my next book or check it out at the library. I can make many mistakes and be forgiven, but NOT THAT ONE.<\/p>\n

Then another blogger Lisa commented:<\/p>\n

“Things that irritate me in a novel (a few among several):
*Too much perfection. The heroine is perfectly dressed, perfectly beautiful and falls in love with a perfectly handsome guy. Bleh.<\/p>\n

*Gratuitous, unnecessary language, violence and s*x. With only a very few exceptions, I maintain that including such elements only shows the laziness of the author. True talent can tell the story without resorting to crudeness. That\u2019s my opinion, anyway.<\/p>\n

*Characters without any depth, kind of what you\u2019re saying here. A flat, cardboard characterization is very difficult to sympathize with or identify with. <\/p>\n

*Easy, generic, everything-is-roses faith that lacks realism and depth. I like redemptive, Christian fiction. I do not like caricatures of Christianity.<\/p>\n

Guess you could say I\u2019ve got an opinion! \":)\" Great food for thought!”<\/p>\n

I agreed completely with Lisa’s points and then visited her blog http:\/\/lisaspence.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

And found it interesting also. So this was not an April Fool prank. There is a blog titled Callapidder Days–really!- DO YOU HAVE ANY PET PEEVES ABOUT NOVELS YOU’D LIKE TO VOICE????–Lyn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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