I just read my review of book 4 and I said that there was not near enough Patch in it.  LOL

Gabriels Inferno was the same way for me. It was nicely wrapped up in the first two books and I loved them but the third book was just blah.

I think A/N's is the most annoying thing in a fic, way worse than bad SPaG as you're reading and then all of a sudden there's a note in the middle of a sentence/paragraph saying something like: for picture of dress/tattoo etc is on my profile. 

So I got stuck on a Married in Vegas kick and am slogging through Hitched by Nollie Marie. It seems to be one of her first fanfics. Parts are good. But she does all the bad, annoying things - AN's in the middle of sentences, bad grammar and spelling, etc... 

But what really makes me laugh is it is so obvious she has never been to NYC. And she doesn't understand being rich. Edward's family owns a pharmaceutical company. Yet he and Bella eat at Olive Garden and McDonald's. They use McDonald's drive thru all the time.  I've been to NYC and never have I seen a drive thru. And they drive everywhere. Who drives in NYC?  Oh, and my favorite! They went grocery shopping at Walmart. Because you can find Walmart in every big city  (not). Sigh.  Doesn't she watch any TV whatsoever? 

Thanks for letting me get that out of my system. 

There really aren't very many good and complete married in Vegas stories.

I remember reading Hitched ages ago, it has a sequel that I've never got around to reading as like you said hun Hitched is just not good enough to care about what happens afterwards. 

I think A/N's is the most annoying thing in a fic, way worse than bad SPaG as you're reading and then all of a sudden there's a note in the middle of a sentence/paragraph saying something like: for picture of dress/tattoo etc is on my profile. 

It's really startling in some of the early works of better writers.  For instance, clpsuperstar did that kind of c.r.a.p. in Send Me an Angel, although she obviously knew better by the time she wrote Million Dollar Baby.  I read Million Dollar Baby and recently read Send Me an Angel.  I got to the first A/N stuck in the middle of paragraph wanted to slap her.  That is never cool!

I can usually ignore a "pic on profile" AN in the middle of a sentence, it is annoying but not as bad as when they stick other random ANs there like "I just had to do it" in reference to using some twilightism or putting their own biographical notes in the middle, or defining terms but in some case doing it wrongly.  But it is fanfiction and it is free, and I have not written anything, so I shouldn't complain too too much, just a little.

I'll add that to my list of "if I ever become a competent writer that's a category I'll fill."  Honestly, there are several categories that, as old as the fandom is, I feel have not had good or even many fics about them.

And as far as A/N's go, unless there's some pressing question that everyone as asking about or an important point of clarification, I even known not to do that.

This seems obvious, but there's such a thing as negative to be mean as opposed to giving constructive cricism, thoug hI realize sometimes a writer's skill just doesn't cut it, no matter the plot.  I know there are several that I've read that I thought could do much better with what I feel are minor adjustments.  On the subject of writing public criticism, not too lnog ago, there was a whole dustup about people naming authors/fics publicly on Facebook that they didn't like.  I personally don't see that big a deal about it because the discussion was still civil.  Nevertheless, a shitstorm still occured. I suppose though that it was because the topic was initiated by a veteran author.

Anyone here watching Dancing With the Stars?  Derek Hough is injured.....

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On the subject of an iPad, not quite a tablet person (phone or Kindle for me), but if I do get a tablet, an iPad is at the top of the list so I'll keep that stuff in mind.