From: mbottorff@lshelby.com   
      
   A. Tina Hall  wrote:   
      
   > > I hope he's gonna say something that seems reasonable.  There were   
   > > cameo 2-paragraph inserted quotes from some publishing editors...a   
   > > couple were SF line names I recognized.  One of them said she looks   
   > > for gender, age, position in society of POV character in first   
   > > paragraph.  That seemed to make sense.  I take it seriously when it   
   > > seems credible.   
   >   
   > I tend to have that stuff in the first scenes, not sure if first   
   > paragraphs. Why look for it, though?   
      
   I'd guess the editor was doing so on behalf of those readers who have a   
   limited tolerance for unknown factors?   
      
   One of my betareaders for Cantata was  like that.  He couldn't seem to   
   deal with the fact that he didn't know something.  When he ran into   
   unfamiliar terminology, instead of going "Hmm, I wonder what that is?   
   Maybe we'll find out later." He apparently went "What?  Hunh?   I'm so   
   confused!"   
      
   ...He didn't get very far into the book.   
      
      
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