I'm with James Reasoner. Particularly when half-asleep, I
love adverbs, the more polysyllabic the better. When fully
conscious, I reach for the bite-sized ones.
I've been alternating reading WAIT UNTIL DARK (four novellas
of romantic suspense published by Pocket) with THE MYSTERIOUS
PRESS ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY...and there was a passage in the
DKA story (otherwise quite good, if not up to JG at his best,
like the other DKA stories I've read) that was very much in
the HB stereotypical tradtion...wish I could remember it, but
it was right up there with "he lipped thinly" or what James
Blish detailed as "the cigaret bit, the whiskey bit...".
TM
-----Original Message----- From: Mario Taboada [mailto:
matrxtech@yahoo.com]
<[stereotypically femininely?] not wanting to take her own
story completely seriously).>>
Todd, you have exceeded your monthly adverb limit. A record
of double adverbiation will be detrimental to your
creditworthiness and to your reputation as a word
engineer.
Offtopically yours,
MrT Customer Service
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