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I've just read the following in a published book which I checked out from the library this afternoon. For the sake of discretion I won't mention title or author:
*boggles*
I read some fanfic months ago - yeah, yeah, all right. I just wanted to see if it was as bad as the urban legends would have me believe and yes, it is. I remember burning my brain with something like the following:
And I really didn't think stuff like that got published. But, as the first quotation above proves, it does.
So. Have you written any howlers you wish to get off your chest or perhaps spotted any in published books? (The published ones make me cry and yet also make me feel better about my own writing in an "if this can make it..." way).
She had strong principles. Which didn't suit [male character's name], she claimed, blushing with downcast eyes.
*boggles*
I read some fanfic months ago - yeah, yeah, all right. I just wanted to see if it was as bad as the urban legends would have me believe and yes, it is. I remember burning my brain with something like the following:
She had given birth to a baby with his eyes.
And I really didn't think stuff like that got published. But, as the first quotation above proves, it does.
So. Have you written any howlers you wish to get off your chest or perhaps spotted any in published books? (The published ones make me cry and yet also make me feel better about my own writing in an "if this can make it..." way).