Comments for Britt Leigh's Brain on Books http://brittleighbooks.com The musings of a page turner, a word engineer, a grammar gatekeeper, and children's book writer. Fri, 18 May 2012 22:03:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Ten Years by brittleighbooks http://brittleighbooks.com/2012/04/07/ten-years/#comment-305 Fri, 18 May 2012 22:03:34 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=195#comment-305 Thank you, Bonnie!

]]> Comment on Ten Years by kroro43 http://brittleighbooks.com/2012/04/07/ten-years/#comment-304 Wed, 16 May 2012 13:54:54 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=195#comment-304 Congratulations on the The Ten Commandments of Gloria Jean ©, ! When it’s published give me a call and we will have you on This is the Day to help promote the book! Bonnie Rodgers

]]> Comment on Clothing Choices by Shoshana http://brittleighbooks.com/2012/01/17/clothing-choices/#comment-243 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:43:17 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=190#comment-243 I’m with you. I think it’s a minor flaw, and it sounds like the editorial process replaced one name-drop problem with another. But if his vision of the brands this girl would be wearing dated the story, perhaps that should’ve been a clue that brand names date stories (and I just had to Google Chuck Taylors, too). In my own writing, whether my (admittedly younger) characters are boys or girls, I might mention kinds of clothes – jeans, skirt, etc. – but I see no reason to mention a brand unless it’s important to the plot.

]]> Comment on Not Kidding Around by Shoshana http://brittleighbooks.com/2011/12/05/not-kidding-around/#comment-222 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:30:45 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.wordpress.com/?p=187#comment-222 Hear, hear!

]]> Comment on Race Relations by Shoshana http://brittleighbooks.com/2011/11/02/race-relations/#comment-201 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:34:18 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=179#comment-201 This is a tough one. I always worry that if I include a character whose background is different from mine, it will come off as if whatever qualities I give that character are supposed to represent his or her whole group (which – obviously, I hope – is not the case). Maybe as more diverse characters become more and more common in books, there’ll be less of a need to think so hard about this aspect of their overall characters.

]]> Comment on First Rejection by Shoshana http://brittleighbooks.com/2011/04/09/first-rejection/#comment-149 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:12:39 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=160#comment-149 I approve of this plan!

]]> Comment on BBW: The Huh? Edition by brittleighbooks http://brittleighbooks.com/2010/10/02/bbw-the-huh-edition/#comment-72 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:00:12 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=145#comment-72 Thanks!

]]> Comment on BBW: The Huh? Edition by Micheal Ken http://brittleighbooks.com/2010/10/02/bbw-the-huh-edition/#comment-71 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:54:46 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=145#comment-71 I like this one :D

Keep up the blogging!

Best blogger-regards

]]> Comment on BBW: Book Facing a New Challenge, Part 2 by brittleighbooks http://brittleighbooks.com/2010/09/30/bbw-book-facing-a-new-challenge-part-2/#comment-69 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:47:15 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=140#comment-69 Indeed!

]]> Comment on BBW: Book Facing a New Challenge, Part 2 by Dani http://brittleighbooks.com/2010/09/30/bbw-book-facing-a-new-challenge-part-2/#comment-68 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:23:46 +0000 http://brittleighbooks.com/?p=140#comment-68 Full disclosure: Jo Knowles is absolutely aces.

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