tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post4371655131136196821..comments2024-01-28T04:42:49.700-08:00Comments on DIK (Desert Island Keepers): A KT Grant Ponder: Is Research Important To You as a Reader?DIK Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03975839058527201650noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-79087934103929742522011-10-19T08:13:03.641-07:002011-10-19T08:13:03.641-07:00Since romance is, at base, an oft-repeated fantasy...Since romance is, at base, an oft-repeated fantasy, I don't expect the history, the things, or the actions in it to historically sound. It's primary reason-to-be it seems to me is to record a relationship leading to an HEA. Anything else is, after all, beside the point.<br /><br />dickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-2174952912043833482011-10-18T21:12:16.347-07:002011-10-18T21:12:16.347-07:00I need to see that the author tried. Sometimes a s...I need to see that the author tried. Sometimes a small inaccuracy to move the story along is okay, but big glaring wrong things bother me a lot. Even things that sound off have made me put a book down and start googling, and if the author was right on, that's cool, and if it's wrong, I'm all *hmmph* when I come back. If I can find out by the five minutes I put into it for being annoyed, the author could have done the same thing. And if it's all pulled out of thin air, I get really ticked.Crysellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00721283067580814034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-91686433651919607902011-10-18T12:29:46.259-07:002011-10-18T12:29:46.259-07:00I do forgive a lot in HR, I mean honestly they sho...I do forgive a lot in HR, I mean honestly they should not even be giving away their virginity that easily, so I can forgive. But if something else really stands out not so muchBlodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-22977453412380532022011-10-18T10:52:27.552-07:002011-10-18T10:52:27.552-07:00I have to admit that the facts of a story are real...I have to admit that the facts of a story are really important to me. I get a little nervous if I read some contextual information and it is about an area of the country or an era of history about which I am familiar, and the facts are really screwy. Then I wonder how much genuine research the author has done. I also find that if I encounter some historical facts that are new to me, I love going online to get some more information or even, (cough, cough) use the local library. Novel concept, eh? So I think research is important to both author and reader. Serious readers will always find research is a part of appreciating good writing.Dr Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116344761479545032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-43014414303257009892011-10-18T10:07:11.464-07:002011-10-18T10:07:11.464-07:00When I read historicals, I read more for the situa...When I read historicals, I read more for the situations the hero and heroine find themselves in. If there are mentions of wars or such and such real like people, I let it go rather than look it up to see if it's true.KT Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958121742156171756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-9058063781676680902011-10-18T09:32:31.944-07:002011-10-18T09:32:31.944-07:00I think it depends on the reader's level of kn...I think it depends on the reader's level of knowledge about the subject. For example, although I love history, I'm not a history expert so even if I notice the occasional anachronism, it doesn't take me out of the story. <br /><br />On the other hand, in a previous career, I was a labor and delivery nurse, so anytime I read scenes (or see TV shows or movies) depicting childbirth, they are often so inaccurate that it drives me crazy and completely breaks my immersion in the story. If it's a few minor scenes in a book, I can ignore it, but if the book is centered around a midwife or something like that, I often just won't even read those books unless I know that the author has actual experience in the field. <br /><br />As an author, I think you just have to do the best you can to be reasonably accurate. You'll never be able to please the experts, but for any given book, that will only be a very small percentage of the potential readership so you shouldn't worry too much about it. I think small bloopers don't bother readers much as long as the general, larger framework is accurate. Even then, I've read plenty of Regency-set farces that were very historically inaccurate, yet were lots of fun to read.JenMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08381388317577838604noreply@blogger.com