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Hi DusktilDawn. I just enjoyed Crimson Cries Chapter 6. Here are some thoughts: >> Sevlow used a finger to press the communicator deeper into his ear << Of course he used a finger. How about: Sevlow pressed.. >> segregating the right limb at the knee. << Separating? >> the head lobbed cleanly off the body. << Is lobbed the right word? Doesn't that mean 'to throw? (something)' It needs a direct object. The head didn't throw anything. >> His hands gripped an even larger rifle than the one Sev held. << Perhaps: gripped a rifle even larger than >> Intermittent flashes of light illuminated from several << Illuminated? Perhaps shone? Flashed? Illuminate is transitive, I believe, needing a direct object. You illuminate something. >> their claws dug deep into her Afro hair << digging? Isn't DUG a verb? >> It resonated from a small speaker attached to a cell phone that he positioned on the center of the round table. << HAD positioned (sorry, but this glared at me) >> He shook the vivacious thoughts from his mind, especially when Dom arced a brow at him. << arched? >> He’d never smelled anything like it before thus, he drew back. << Funny punctuation >> Chantal was as tough as Angelina was. << Omit the final WAS? >> “Sure thing, Angelina,” she said just before the line went dead as well. << Omit AS WELL? >> “Ensure the supplies are crated and loaded on the plane. I want both of you to personally ensure nothing is left behind.” << ENSURE twice >> a little angry when we tuer her pets << Well, I realize that you are Canadian, so maybe I shouldn't comment on French. But would he use the infinitive (tuer) in mixed speech? >> to run with the wolves, to hunt and glorify in the gift << Glorify is transitive. You glorify something. So perhaps GLORY? >> A silver furred, beautiful canine << silver-furred >> They worked slow, selecting the finest candidates << slowly >> to rid the world of every blood sucking leech, << blood-sucking; also, lose the comma after leech >> a darker, more ancient vamp that confused << vamp WHO? SUMMARY: You sure have set up a potent enemy! And by positioning them against humans as well, you have given the reader a powerful incentive to want them gone. Great! I have no specific criticisms of this chapter. It pushed the plot forward decisively, and everyone behaved consistently. TimM |