Protuberance

Sometimes when I tell people I have written a book, they read it. This is especially likely when I tell them they can read for free on Kindle Unlimited and I still get paid. This happened with a guy I met at the coworking space where I am working on Ocean. He read 26 pages, and then motioned me over, saying he had a criticism. OK, I can take criticism, especially on a first book that I know isn't perfect. So I looked at his tablet. He pointed to the word he had highlighted; "protuberance".

"I don't know that word," he said. "You really shouldn't use words that people have to look up."

Seriously? Protuberance? How can anyone be middle aged, call themselves a reader, and not recognize protuberance? And if they for some reason don't know it, they are using a device with a built in dictionary!

I think the guy wanted me to write my entire book using one syllable words.

Sorry Bud.

(He didn't read any more after that afternoon, and I haven't seen him.)