tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post4689473894865100881..comments2023-11-02T05:29:57.954-04:00Comments on From the Heart: Speaking Your Language by Andy ScheerAndy Scheer, Hartline Literaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09010440105558099014noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-4622486080956283402015-02-03T12:18:20.732-05:002015-02-03T12:18:20.732-05:00Oh, dear. Glad my husband didn't read that one...Oh, dear. Glad my husband didn't read that one. LOLLinda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-64056610968139916782015-02-03T12:04:06.456-05:002015-02-03T12:04:06.456-05:00Yes, sometimes huge errors make it through into pr...Yes, sometimes huge errors make it through into print. Like the novel Putnam released a few years back by a NYT bestselling author in which someone in 1906 was driving a Model T Ford (introduced in late 1908). But handled accurately, details about that vehicle (such as the gas tank being located under the front seat)can help create a sense of place and time.Andy Scheer, Hartline Literaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010440105558099014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-55609753684332878342015-02-03T10:56:01.428-05:002015-02-03T10:56:01.428-05:00For those who think I'm kidding, I had to sit ...For those who think I'm kidding, I had to sit through this watching the North and South. Over a button on a uniform. How the heck could he even see the button let alone know it was the wrong kind for that uniform???Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-785519281111634352015-02-03T10:54:51.856-05:002015-02-03T10:54:51.856-05:00Oh goodness, yes. I have to listen to that wheneve...Oh goodness, yes. I have to listen to that whenever my husband and I see a CW movie. "Did you know that Sharp's carbine (or whatever) didn't come out for another month? That was model...blah, blah, blah...(my eyes glaze over) and their consultant should have known that. That weapon changed the war and those changes didn't happen until its release." UGH, but I hear ya. One little thing. And it hurts even more if it's a change from an editor that the writer doesn't okay and it goes to print anyway. Double UGH!Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-68327262452136414732015-02-03T10:34:16.203-05:002015-02-03T10:34:16.203-05:00That brought a smile, Linda. Early in my writing c...That brought a smile, Linda. Early in my writing career I used a rifle in a western a mere year before it was introduced and was eaten alive by western readers. I figured a year was close enough, but not so. Readers, particularly western readers, know their genre extremely well and tend to be adamant about details.Terry Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14526255183090554401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-23802472758559323342015-02-03T10:21:16.033-05:002015-02-03T10:21:16.033-05:00Great point, Diana! That makes me cringe as well i...Great point, Diana! That makes me cringe as well in historicals when they use products not invented yet. That is a huge turn off.Linda Glazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374683352435771715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443765296489868573.post-89906397457331695732015-02-03T10:14:27.364-05:002015-02-03T10:14:27.364-05:00I talked with an acquisitions editor from England ...I talked with an acquisitions editor from England once who told me he rejected an authors regency novel because she mentioned turtles. England has no turtles. He said if she hadn't bothered to research that, he couldn't trust the rest of her story. He thought it a shame as he had been considering offering her a contract before the turtle arrived on the scene. Diana Flegalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373354354968232390noreply@blogger.com