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Both are fine, Dirk. You get the point across either way, although one could argue that 'it slips under doors' makes 'rather than tear[ing] them off their hinges' obsolete, if you know what I mean.

Dirk:

I don't understand you at all, my man. Why worry about something that's totally unrealistic to begin with? Do you think Stephen King worries about details like that?

Ignoring it is a rule, too, Dirk.   Just like being drunk every day is a regular life, too.   :o)

And you, Mike.

I frequently play Glenn Gould's Goldberg Variations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwas_7H5KUs&t=9s

Dirk:

Here's a tip: Put your word processor aside, do what I do: Get a few fancy writing pads, a bunch of HB Soft pencils with very sharp points or a fountain pen that glides along the paper so smoothly you never want to stop writing, and write up all you wanta say: sentences, words, descriptions, ideas, sudden flashes of brilliance. Check out thesaurus.com to avoid unnecessary repeats of words. Let it roll.  Free association. Don't go to bed. Smoke a lot. Get drunk, for Chrissakes! Did you know Graham Greene wrote 1,000 words every morning? And he stopped at word # 1,001. And then the next afternoon he would read what he wrote the day before and, occasionally, throw everything out. When you've eventually written what you feel should be written, use your PC or laptop, and paint the picture. Chances are you'll stumble across some things that don't make sense, which is what you want. Make sure you've got your last chapter pretty much lined up, and anything your cast of characters want to do between the beginning and the end is all up to them.

And that's all I have to say about that.   :o)

Did I mention listening to Miles Davis helps a lot?

Good luck!

Ray

Dirk:

Further to our 'discussion' about speech tags: asked, screamed, gurgled, what have you, are considered telling rather than showing. In fact, there are plenty of purists who hold there should be a comma after 'said', and then the 'show' (if necessary), preferably without using a dreaded 'ly' adverb. Example: 'Blah, blah, blah?' she said, [deflated] voice making it clear she found it an unanswerable question OR '…..?' she said, daring him to object, challenging his authority in a loud, unprofessional way.

You know, shit like that.     )

Merry Christmas. Gelukkig kerstfeest. Frohe Weihnachten. Joyeux Noël. Buon Natale. Feliz Navidad.

Ray

Easy to fix.

There you go. Don't get lazy on me again, Dirk!   :o)

Wow! Nana Mouskouri! There's a name from the past. She was really big in Europe in the sixties.

Howdy, Charles!

1. Thanks for your reviews of the Divide. Will get back to you on those.

2. I never pass up a Blue Light sale, particularly not when it concerns manuscripts by such a talented writer as yourself. Will dig in shortly.

Best, as always

Ray

No, no. I'm where the poet's man and the Consul's ship and the android hope to extract the girl from one of the time portals right from under the eyes of 30,000 PAX troops. (Book 3.)

BTW, I forgot to list Robert Silverberg's Majipoor Cycle under Fantasy.