ROW80 Check In 11/16/11 & Grammar

I haven't written on my WIP in several days. But this is kind of a planned thing. The reason is that I'm almost finished with the first draft…maybe only one scene left. So I've been pondering on how I want to do this last scene. It's going to be a love scene, and I always want to make those intense. I don't write as graphically as most romance authors do these days, but I like the intensity and the heat without describing body parts. LOL. I don't mind reading the works of others with more graphic scenes; I just don't write that way. If I ever do, I would probably use another pen name.

One problem I have with this last Libby Fox novella is that it's shorter than the other two. Really, it may come out about 2,000 words shorter than I want it to. We'll see if that's how it ends up after the first edit. I'm not one of those who goes back in and cuts scenes. I'm more likely to add them.

I have a question for everyone. Is there one phrase or word that you say that makes you cringe after you say it? Is it something you would never dream of doing in your writing? I've noticed one of my big problems is using the word "less" instead of "fewer". I grew up in the rural south (still live there) surrounded by people with bad grammar. So from time to time, I cringe at some of the things I say. When my mom is in a restaurant ordering salad, she says "I don't want no cheese". That drives me crazy. (Not to mention the fact that there's something wrong with someone who doesn't like cheese, LOL.) So 'fess up. What do you say that makes you cringe?