tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post5501499914183064606..comments2023-04-10T00:18:08.712+12:00Comments on Overkill: When tears aren't enoughVanda Symonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-31179517930883617212010-06-21T12:41:26.573+12:002010-06-21T12:41:26.573+12:00I'd go with describing the coffin... for sure....I'd go with describing the coffin... for sure... or have her wiping mascara across her face or him sniffing ... I personally don't like too many tears dropping from faces as they don't often seem to do that often in real life... <br /><br />Vanda, there's a post on my blog that went up Friday 'the joys of bookselling' that mentions a very happy customer who bought your book....Mary McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482261103185786111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-72321452492726283002010-06-21T06:38:48.940+12:002010-06-21T06:38:48.940+12:00If you think the English vocabulary is limiting, y...If you think the English vocabulary is limiting, you should try writing in Danish! You often have 3-7 synonyms when we have ONE word. I have sometimes helped my husband when he had to read an English article on theology. He has almost been in tears when I translate several of your words into the same Danish term.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-2962022001625105872010-06-20T15:42:31.431+12:002010-06-20T15:42:31.431+12:00Fascinating problem.
Don't forget Rachael Ki...Fascinating problem. <br /><br />Don't forget Rachael King's useful paraphrase of that great piece of advice to the writer: "Don't describe the grief, describe the coffin." <br /><br />Am I going to need a hanky when I read your next book? xxThe Paradoxical Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100658773584057280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-52506800234829842272010-06-20T15:11:30.873+12:002010-06-20T15:11:30.873+12:00Wipe the moisture from your eyes and sniff discree...Wipe the moisture from your eyes and sniff discreetly. <br />It always amazes me that we can edit a chapter in a very short time, then spend hours and hours on one sentence or paragraph.<br />But we get there in the end. :) <br />When I read Bound, I'll be looking for the tears.J.T. Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18042422842347246547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-5218190911664356822010-06-20T15:03:30.969+12:002010-06-20T15:03:30.969+12:00Vanda - I empathise. There are some words - and te...Vanda - I empathise. There are some words - and <i>tears</i> is one of them - that really don't have many synonyms. The only word I can come up with is <i>droplet</i>, but that often doesn't work. Sometimes, you just have to go with <i>tears</i>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com