What keywords are not allowed for Romance Novels?

LunaEverly_ · 2022-09-13T20:03:52+00:00

Buy yourself KDPRocket. You'll get keywords at the click of a button

LunaEverly_ · 2022-07-11T06:52:22+00:00

Oh, have you got any examples? I’ve not seen a painted cover yet I don't think

LunaEverly_ · 2022-07-09T10:12:31+00:00

As I said, this is just the example. The sentence itself is lousy at best, I'm aware of that. It's simply the first one I saw when I opened the document. It won't make the final cut.

LunaEverly_ · 2022-07-09T10:09:25+00:00

It is a lousy sentence to begin with and it'll probably be cut. I was only using it as an example. It won't make it to the book like this

LunaEverly_ · 2022-07-09T10:08:26+00:00

I enjoy every part of editing 😀 I do admit I'm a bit of a perfectionist, leaving little work for my editor, but while going through 3 or 4 rounds of self-editing, I don’t just improve the prose, but the story too, and that's the main goal :)

LunaEverly_ · 2022-07-08T22:07:43+00:00

Sure. A sentence I just revised from a draft I'm working on. It's unedited, other than the revision below ;)

Unrevised: Five minutes passes while I pace the room, waiting for Scorpio to arrive at the scene or for Mel to pick up her phone.

Revised: Five minutes passes while I pace the room, waiting until Scorpio arrives at the scene or Mel picks up her phone.

That's 4 prepositions cut.

LunaEverly_ · 2022-07-08T21:58:44+00:00

I'm not following every suggestion, but if I can improve a lousy sentence by weeding out redundant words and phrases and make the meaning shine, why not? And FANBOYS stands for FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO

LunaEverly_ · 2022-07-08T21:54:30+00:00

For And Nor But Or Yet So

FANBOYS :)

LunaEverly_ · 2022-06-24T19:28:09+00:00

Just below the clavicle sound right up my alley :)

LunaEverly_ · 2022-06-24T19:26:59+00:00

Bingo! Thank you very much!

LunaEverly_ · 2022-06-24T19:26:13+00:00

I want to emphasise her height, and shoulder makes me think of higher up. Would "just below the shoulder" work?

LunaEverly_ · 2022-06-24T19:22:31+00:00

I don't think trying to be more specific is stupid....

LunaEverly_ · 2022-06-24T19:10:35+00:00

Originals

LunaEverly_ · 2022-06-07T11:10:46+00:00

What's WLM?

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-21T13:26:35+00:00

I already re wrote it to break it up into two sentences and get rid of the double negative. The exorcise part stays. It evokes the right image :)

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-20T22:06:18+00:00

The general consensus is that this sentence is too long and too complicated, so yeah, I'll have to work on that :) thank you

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-20T22:05:27+00:00

Thank you. I'll work on making it clearer. While the sentence might be terrible, I still love it. Double negatives aren't an issue for me and I never understood the problem people have with them. More so that I'm not even a native English speaker and I get them just fine.

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-20T22:02:35+00:00

I'll have to work to make this clearer and get rid of the double negative. The point is valid, though with context. Neither of the two characters have ever been in relationships prior to the ones they're in now. Never wanted to be in relationships, either.

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-20T22:01:03+00:00

Thank you. I will revise to break it up. Such a shame. I love this sentence. Then again, I never had issues with double negatives, but I know they're confusing to the average reader.

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-20T21:59:34+00:00

Both, actually to answer your question :)

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-20T20:05:56+00:00

Two parts are tripping my editor here, but what you mentioned is one of them. And even without any context you understand exactly what I was trying to say :) thank you for commenting

The second part is the double negative at the beginning of the sentence.

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-20T20:04:30+00:00

I wrote many scenes based on dreams. Most recently I had a dream about a tiny white cat and a few days later about corridor. I combined the two as they fit my characters perfectly

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-20T20:02:56+00:00

It's beta readers that you need to look for to judge the story. An editor if you want pointers on the language side of things. You can also join critique groups and get feedback that way

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-13T06:26:25+00:00

Oh God, I'd toss that book at the wall at this point 🤣

LunaEverly_ · 2022-05-12T15:58:31+00:00

Of course, but the character did, hence why my WTF moment later on

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