Details in your book should be like breadcrumbs

The details in your book help to pull the reader into your world and make it more authentic and believable. Inundate the reader with too many details though, and they can quickly stop caring. With space and reader attention span at a premium, the quality and impact of the details you choose becomes vitally important.

Details are Good, but not All Details are Equal

I just had a chocolate-chip cookie with my coffee. It was home-baked, small in diameter, and about 3/4″ tall. It was a light tan i...