Comments on: Handguns: You’re Still Writing Them Wrong. Yeah, You! http://anthony-pacheco.com/2009/10/05/handguns-you%e2%80%99re-still-writing-them-wrong-yeah-you/ A Princess, teh Bunneh and Goblin Ninjas. On fire. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: leelofland http://anthony-pacheco.com/2009/10/05/handguns-you%e2%80%99re-still-writing-them-wrong-yeah-you/#comment-2204 leelofland Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:40:50 +0000 http://anthony-pacheco.com/?p=2657#comment-2204 Doug - You hit the nail on the head. Many writers hang themselves by attempting to sound like experts when they're not, and it shows. Your comment above - I have fired shotguns, rifles, revolvers, and semi-automatic handguns, but of course, not all at the same time - was a pleasant read. That's exactly how non-experts should write about guns in their books. It flows well, and I believed you. Doug – You hit the nail on the head. Many writers hang themselves by attempting to sound like experts when they’re not, and it shows.

Your comment above – I have fired shotguns, rifles, revolvers, and semi-automatic handguns, but of course, not all at the same time – was a pleasant read. That’s exactly how non-experts should write about guns in their books. It flows well, and I believed you.

]]> By: Doug Perry http://anthony-pacheco.com/2009/10/05/handguns-you%e2%80%99re-still-writing-them-wrong-yeah-you/#comment-2203 Doug Perry Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:22:50 +0000 http://anthony-pacheco.com/?p=2657#comment-2203 Nice find Anthony. I try not to be too specific when I talk gun stuff, because while I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination, I have fired shotguns, rifles, revolvers, and semi-automatic handguns, but of course, not all at the same time. :)) Nice find Anthony. I try not to be too specific when I talk gun stuff, because while I’m not an expert by any stretch of the imagination, I have fired shotguns, rifles, revolvers, and semi-automatic handguns, but of course, not all at the same time. :) )

]]> By: Anthony http://anthony-pacheco.com/2009/10/05/handguns-you%e2%80%99re-still-writing-them-wrong-yeah-you/#comment-2202 Anthony Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:40:44 +0000 http://anthony-pacheco.com/?p=2657#comment-2202 Oh, I hear you there! For one scene in <i>Bunny Trouble</i>, I spent a week researching civilian jets and runways, and then I called a pilot friend of mine and grilled him for better part of an hour. You would like <i>Bunny Trouble</i>. Several bad guys die in an accurately described gun battle. I specifically wrote the novel to appeal to Libertarian Gun Nuts(TM) and one of the primary characters is a female, nano-infested alien pretending to be human so she can snack on nubile teens. She's a gun nut too. Heh. Oh, I hear you there! For one scene in Bunny Trouble, I spent a week researching civilian jets and runways, and then I called a pilot friend of mine and grilled him for better part of an hour.

You would like Bunny Trouble. Several bad guys die in an accurately described gun battle. I specifically wrote the novel to appeal to Libertarian Gun Nuts(TM) and one of the primary characters is a female, nano-infested alien pretending to be human so she can snack on nubile teens.

She’s a gun nut too.

Heh.

]]> By: correia45 http://anthony-pacheco.com/2009/10/05/handguns-you%e2%80%99re-still-writing-them-wrong-yeah-you/#comment-2201 correia45 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:25:40 +0000 http://anthony-pacheco.com/?p=2657#comment-2201 That is a pet peeve of mine. Actually, I personally dread putting screw ups into my books of any technical type. I'm a gun nut, and I'm scared to offend the car nuts, aviation nuts, computer geeks, etc. At the last Con I was at, I ended up having a long conversation with a bunch of other writers where they ended up asking me gun questions for the better part of an hour. I was able to prevent at least one instance of 5.56 bullets tumbling through the air. :) That is a pet peeve of mine. Actually, I personally dread putting screw ups into my books of any technical type. I’m a gun nut, and I’m scared to offend the car nuts, aviation nuts, computer geeks, etc.

At the last Con I was at, I ended up having a long conversation with a bunch of other writers where they ended up asking me gun questions for the better part of an hour. I was able to prevent at least one instance of 5.56 bullets tumbling through the air. :)

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