spill (for clarification)

[digitalusrex.livejournal.com]

in incubus dreams, i got about halfway through before i began unofficially counting the number of times miss laurell used the world "spill" (or "spilled," "spilling," etc). unofficially, i counted maybe 8 or 9 "spills" before i started officially counting. 32 after that.

having started re-reading danse macabre, in the first 160 pages or so: 11. [EDIT: 16 at 314 pages. EDIT EDIT: 21 at 383 pages (also, 4 times on one page!)]

i know i have favorite words that i like to use, but this goes above and beyond. now, while reading danse macabre, i've tried to decide if other words could have been substituted and stayed true to the original meaning of the passage. yep.

a LOT of things annoy me about the series, especially the last 4 books, but this "spill" nonsense is what is bugging me this week. if miss laurell had an editor with ballz, perhaps it would have made a difference?

have you all noticed this overusage of the word "spill"?

Comments

[kethlenda.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hate the "brought me" business. I grew up around St. Louis and no one ever said that there. They may say it in other areas of the country, but it jars me every time because I'd never even heard anyone refer to orgasm like that until LKH.

"Candy." Especially when referring to someone's pulse.

"I let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding."

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

"I let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding."

Damn. Wish she hadn't. then we wouldn't have to deal with her. *eg*

[digitalusrex.livejournal.com]

hey now. maybe laurita has some kind of, i don't know...awake apnea?

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Hee!

And don't forget those poor manicurists down in the basement.

BTW, your icon rocks!!