Great post -- and congrats again on landing in Ellery Queen! I'd forgotten about the Steve/Del McCoury thing (I was, of course, very much on Team Earle at the time). I learned over the years how, in both teaching and my white-collar work, a well-time F-bomb can really get the point across. But they're like 7th chords in that you can't overuse them. ;-)
Congratulations on getting into Ellery Queen! That is fucking badass.
Btw, I agree with you a hundred fucking percent.
I’ve learned through my scribbles over the fucking years that relying on swear words to get your fucking point across can get pretty fucking distracting pretty fucking quick. It pulls the reader out of the fucking story, instead of letting the story do the fucking talking.
Great post -- and congrats again on landing in Ellery Queen! I'd forgotten about the Steve/Del McCoury thing (I was, of course, very much on Team Earle at the time). I learned over the years how, in both teaching and my white-collar work, a well-time F-bomb can really get the point across. But they're like 7th chords in that you can't overuse them. ;-)
Lolz totally. I guess I’m kind of on Team Earle, too. But it’s still kind of funny. Yea, you’ve got to deploy them carefully!
One "fuck" per 20 pages?! Fuck that. ;)
Seems fucking stingy, no?
Congratulations on getting into Ellery Queen! That is fucking badass.
Btw, I agree with you a hundred fucking percent.
I’ve learned through my scribbles over the fucking years that relying on swear words to get your fucking point across can get pretty fucking distracting pretty fucking quick. It pulls the reader out of the fucking story, instead of letting the story do the fucking talking.
Fucking right, man. I couldn’t fucking agree more.
Thank you! And thank you for reading.