Childbirth scenes in books (cont) - UQD - have just read [does not insert book title]

[katepol]

and really enjoyed it.
Neither the childbirth scene nor the sex scenes made me wince, which is unusual. I reckon you should have a longer go at another birth one though, just to test whether the credibility can stretch through a long labour and birth .

I like the fact that the book has predictable and then less predictable moments, but found the jumps in what happens a little frustrating; I like being walked through what happens, which is a personal thing I know.

I would recommend it as a good read though - kept me up till after midnight a couple of times .

How do you feel about the book? How was the writing process (as you can see, I know nothing about this, but am just very curious!).

Spill.

Titles, please.

Just finished my latest read, 'Come be with me' and am looking for another.

Expat - I can mail you if you want?
I don't want to out UQD on here.

Or, I could do really frustrating clues that pee everyone off? Hmm....

don't then.

i've written some stuff i hope people don't find out about myself.

kaperkaille AT gmail DOT COM.

Expat - just mailed you but it bounced back

How about you try ;
ashfieldpark AT yahoo DOT UK

k, will try just now.

can't announce my yahoo.co.uk account on here because it's my full name.

Expat - have replied
UQD - where are you? Something else to do on a Fri night

Have replied just now.

Used to write a bit of romance, back in the day.

Now stick to essays for university students, editing dissertations and erm, the like.

I read UQD's latest a while ago - not my cup of tea at all - but I did actually enjoy it despite my reservations. Read to the end and found it oddly compelling. Good writing.

I can't remember anything about it though, but that's not unusual for me! I have a memory like a goldfish. Does it have sex/childbirth scenes in it? When's the new one out?!

I can never read any of 'roisin's posts without thinking of DD2, who is called Roisin after DH's beloved 'Nana' from Cork .

Expat - bit of a leap from romance to dissertations?!

Mind you, there can be quite a leap from fact to fiction on here sometimes (not you btw)

katepol - late to this - thanks!
And roisin as well.

I feel the opposite about "leading" the reader - I try not to do it. I enjoy writing with "jumps" - makes it more interesting.

Not really, kate. My degree was in English Literature.

I had a minor in Medieval European History.

Pretty easy to write for the humanities, which is basically all I do.

Plenty of work, particularly in Art History, for some reason, which I find intensely boring.

I mean, who knows what goes through peoples' minds, when they create? Who cares? Does it matter now? Art is an intrinsically selfish pursuit, if you ask me.

But you aren't. You're asking me to write about it for money. So okay!

I also do legal work, but again, not so hard.

Good to see your contributions, UD.

Roisin - thankfully, none of the sex scenes are prolonged, which I find tends not to work (unless you are reading a different kind if book for a different purpose ).
Think Ella and Tom, art exhibitions and a sink school? Ringing any bells?

I did find it well written too - and very funny in places - well observed. Sometimes I find that male writers don't tend to get the roundness of a woman's characters, but I felt UQD did pretty well .

UQD: appreicate that others don't want to out you and you don't want to out yourself but... just by way of a wild suspicion, are you Scottish? And are most of your books set in and around Scotland and brilliantly funny?

madamez - Scottish, no. Scotland, no. Funny, maybe.

katepol - they'll all be googling those names now, you realise...

UQD: OK, was just a wild guess. Now I haven't a clue but am of course wondering if I have read anything of yours....

Hi UQD - glad you popped in.
I suppose I like being 'walked through' in real life - I like to hear everything so I can draw my own conclusions, rather than hear the shortened version, as I always feel I will miss something that will help me understand people better if I know it all. Does that make sense? I like to hear exactly what was said, how they moved etc, rather than an executive summary iykwim?

Expat - so what exactly do you do then? I am getting the impression you write essays for money for students??

As for History of Art - I always feel that I must be a complete philistine for not getting the point at all of that subject. I found the students at my Uni (back in the day lo) who did HoA were neither use nor ornament (sorry to all those I have just offended!).

Oh yes, I never do "executive summaries". They can be very dull. But I like to leave out all the "and then this,and then this" detail, at least until I have hooked the reader into the scene. I like to trust my reader an awful lot.

UCD, Scottish?

Erm, no .

I am working freelance just now, kate. And not doing poorly, FWIW.

I help people. They help me.

That is a rarity, UCD. But not a bad one.

Googling is fine, no? That way you might sell more books?
I am just suggesting that outing you on here wouldn't be polite .
So, how do you feel about the book? Do you like it? Is it what you wanted it to be?

Sex scenes can be tricky to write, depending on the audience [winks at madamez].

You are right in that respect, kate. Not polite to out people publicly without their permission, be it to sell or not.

Just my opinion, of course.

Would not for any reason out anyone I knew unless they specifically asked.

You are right in that respect, kate. Not polite to out people publicly without their permission, be it to sell or not.

Just my opinion, of course.

Would not for any reason out anyone I knew unless they specifically asked.