Comments on: Saturday Morning LitLinks http://authorscoop.com/2009/08/29/saturday-morning-litlinks-70/ The Latest in Literary News Mon, 21 May 2012 12:02:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jamie Mason http://authorscoop.com/2009/08/29/saturday-morning-litlinks-70/#comment-6784 Jamie Mason Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:31:48 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=6433#comment-6784 And is it wrong that I think that whole Martin Eisenstadt thing is hilarious? Sometimes I'm such a child. And is it wrong that I think that whole Martin Eisenstadt thing is hilarious?

Sometimes I’m such a child.

]]> By: Jamie Mason http://authorscoop.com/2009/08/29/saturday-morning-litlinks-70/#comment-6783 Jamie Mason Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:21:04 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=6433#comment-6783 I'm still not sure why so many novels, teen or otherwise, insist on describing characters down to every bend in the auburn hair. Unless it matters what size jeans the character wears, it doesn't matter. Now in the case of a plot point (or the entire plot) revolving around a character's size, we stray into the front pews and I get wary. Social commentary is very important in fiction, but it has to be a deft hand that writes it. I’m still not sure why so many novels, teen or otherwise, insist on describing characters down to every bend in the auburn hair. Unless it matters what size jeans the character wears, it doesn’t matter.

Now in the case of a plot point (or the entire plot) revolving around a character’s size, we stray into the front pews and I get wary. Social commentary is very important in fiction, but it has to be a deft hand that writes it.

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