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What do I mean by this?

You must always be aware of where your character is on the page - and what their arms and legs are doing.

Yes, this sounds like kindergarten advice but you'd be surprised how many books I've read where characters transport from one place to the other without any explanation. I read one a while back where the heroine was sitting in a chair and then the next time she spoke she was standing by the door - scary stuff! And the nanny just teleported into the room, holding the baby! I'm surprised that the heroine didn't faint of shock.

Similarly - and what caused this rantette - I read an excerpt of a book last night, you know, one of those promo things that get sent out, and the heroine was:

lying on a bed.
Kicking the hero
Punching the hero
The hero was holding her fist and her foot in his hands.
And the heroine was (in this position) rubbing her breasts and fanny against him, while all the time licking his ear.

What is this? A game of twister? All I can say to the author is "try and do this!"

Second Sight - Has anyone played this game? It's an excellent game, mostly stealth which I love, and using psychic powers to get past the bad guys but it has a MAJOR design flaw. Autosave. Which means that you have to get to the end of your mission (which are fairly long) before it will save to disc - and if you turn the machine off - like to go to BED for example - you have to start right from the beginning again. How bloody stupid is that?? Consequently my PS2 has been on now for 48 hours - that can't be good for it...