tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post3895731463056657562..comments2023-12-22T03:31:44.116-08:00Comments on Vivi Andrews - Ramblings from the Road: And now, a word from our sponsors...Vivi Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-18499256525672738792010-07-09T17:21:51.981-07:002010-07-09T17:21:51.981-07:00You're welcome to your Diet Pepsi. Drink and b...You're welcome to your Diet Pepsi. Drink and be merry. Leaves more Diet Coke for me. ;)Vivi Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-90007236555182001152010-07-09T17:00:44.879-07:002010-07-09T17:00:44.879-07:00Cars are always described in books. I've notic...Cars are always described in books. I've noticed a lot of Escalades. In my one WIP I made the heroine have a beat up Ford Explorer because we have one and I love it plus I'm thinking not every character can have shiny fancy SUVs or cars:)<br /><br />We are Diet Pepsi drinkers- it's the only diet pop I drink. I hate Coke-- Was that a shoe you just threw at me? *snort*<br /><br />So, someone needs to find out if J.R. Wards get free stuff for mentioning those brands. Any volunteers? LOLBrenda Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835509260670748144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-37524852925320916562010-07-09T16:45:58.773-07:002010-07-09T16:45:58.773-07:00Ooh! There's a Bentley Continental GT in Ghost...Ooh! There's a Bentley Continental GT in Ghost Exterminator! Am I going to get one of those? Pretty please with a cherry on top?Vivi Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-38205935897554700812010-07-09T16:42:56.343-07:002010-07-09T16:42:56.343-07:00I've written characters who were beer drinkers...I've written characters who were beer drinkers and I personally can't stand the taste, but I'm not sure I could write a Diet Pepsi drinker. No matter how much you paid me. It would feel like too much of a betrayal. (I say this as I sit here with a case of Diet Coke at my side. Seriously. A case. Next to my desk.) Hmmm... mebbe if I blog about my love for Diet Coke repeatedly, they will give me a lifetime supply?<br /><br />About the ads... I'm not sure I have an opinion on that yet. Jury's still out.Vivi Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-90122643618119600482010-07-09T16:22:31.619-07:002010-07-09T16:22:31.619-07:00I've seen mention of that about J.R. Wards boo...I've seen mention of that about J.R. Wards books. I never thought of it that way. I just figured it was a way for her to really focus on her characters and what they liked. <br /><br />I think it would be sad on one hand, but being a struggling writer with a family, I can see where if you aren't making the big bucks and you are offered a good chunk of money to say your characters drink Diet Pepsi, and you happen to love Diet Pepsi youself, would that be so bad? I'm sure it would really piss off a lot of people.<br /><br />Ewww...ads in my ebooks would not be cool UNLESS they offer good ebooks for free, and the authors make the same amount of money???? Still not sure about that.Brenda Hydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835509260670748144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-75093214671942946392010-07-09T15:36:27.658-07:002010-07-09T15:36:27.658-07:00Was it Doc Turtle's review of JR Ward's Br...Was it Doc Turtle's review of JR Ward's Brotherhood series on Smart Bitches where he said the books read like one long product placement? Cadillac should give that woman an Escalade.<br /><br />But we're told to write detail right? That knowing whether our character is a coke or pepsi drinker will bring the reader into the story. Is there such a thing as too much detail? Does the reader really want to know that Mr. Millionaire likes the eighteen-year Glenlivet better than the twelve because it has oaky undertones?Vivi Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8195180142213029080.post-43939324638267726682010-07-09T11:23:55.367-07:002010-07-09T11:23:55.367-07:00If you watch the talk shows -- Leno or Conan or El...If you watch the talk shows -- Leno or Conan or Ellen--they often have guests who admit that because they mentioned a product on another talk show the company ended up sending them cases of the product.<br /><br />So now when I read a book that is big on product placement (Armani suits, Grey Goose vodka, Breitling watches, for example) I often wonder if the big name author has received one of those products too. or if they should. <br /><br />I know some company (was it Amazon?) who mentioned the possibility of putting ads into their ebooks along the lines of trailers for other movies on DVDs. (To which I say YUCK)Leah Braemelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05926632511671914080noreply@blogger.com