When writing a story even though it's fiction you need to be
accurate. In my short story, All Bets
Are Off, I made a mistake. This is the first time I made a serious mistake and was
caught. It could be I've made others,
and I didn't get caught. I hope
not.
One thing I noticed is that the person who reviewed All Bets
Are Off talks about the story as if she read it in print, but she really
listened to an audio copy.
This review was not horrible, but it was embarrassing. After all I'm seventy years old and I should
know my anatomy, but I failed and was told about it in a public review. The below review is only a partial.
The set up was good, the story OK. Contemporary romance
isn’t my favorite genre, but because of the addiction angle I wanted to give it
a try. Then there is the sex. I enjoy sex scenes in my stories and this book
has 2 such scenes. The first is the better of the two. I was thoroughly getting
into it but then the man stuck his tongue in her uterus. Yep. Uterus. Briefly,
I hoped the story was going to take on some mutant scifi elements, but alas, it
did not. To get to the uterus, you have to travel the entire vaginal canal and
then get past the cervix. The cervix doesn’t let just any old object enter the
uterus, being perhaps 1/8 inch opening nearly all the time (common exception is
when a baby is headed out). So either the man had a very long and narrow
tongue, or the woman had some mutant uterus that sat in the vaginal canal with
the wide open cervix. Anyway, here is the Wikipedia article - and yes, it is safe for work. So I was totally into this sex
scene – there was heat between the characters, great descriptors, etc. and then
he sticks his tongue in her uterus. I giggled, totally taken out of the moment.
At best, this is a big typo. At worst, the author is not well informed on the
female genitals/reproductive organs. But, other than this one typo (I will be
generous in my thoughts), the story flowed smoothly and was fun.
If you would like to read more go to this URL: http://dabofdarkness.com/2014/09/15/all-bets-are-off-by-sandra-k-marshall/
Many authors get ridiculed and torn apart for mistakes they
make in their stories, so most of us work very hard to try to be accurate. This means we do our research. Unfortunately, I didn't this time. The reviewer was honest about All Bets Are
Off not being her usual genre.
You can bet, I will do my research in the future.
Have a great week and I'll see you again next Sunday.
Sandra K. Marshall, Author
@ Eirelander Publishinghttp://www.skaymarshall.com