Submitted 2 days ago by 
kimlockhartga@beige.party to bookstodon@fedigroups.social
Admittedly, it's a little thing, and probably petty of me even to bring it up, but for the love of God and all that is holy, could all authors agree to stop using the phrase "let out a breath they didn't know they were holding."
Guillotine_Jones@beige.party 2 days ago @kimlockhartga @bookstodon
I, for one, will never use this phrase again, Kim.
count_01@mastodon.social 2 days ago @kimlockhartga @bookstodon That happened to me once, in real life. I had previously thought it just an expression.
GiffordJames@mas.to 2 days ago @kimlockhartga @bookstodon I never knew I was holding my breath for someone to say that…
CynAq@beige.party 2 days ago @kimlockhartga @bookstodon that and the “…couldn’t help but…” phrase needs to die.
Just cause it makes your work look llm generated if for nothing else.
StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com 2 days ago As the vampires disappeared into the night, Mina let out a fart she did not know she was holding.
🤪
LetoOfTheDesert@rivals.space 2 days ago @StevenSaus @kimlockhartga @bookstodon and the vampires shouted from afar "You know we can still hear and smell you from this distance ? This is awful and disgusting. To think we were discussing you joining our ranks !! Bwwweurgh" *multiple vampires letting a big retch they didn't know they were holding*
StevenSaus@faithcollapsing.com 2 days ago @LetoOfTheDesert @kimlockhartga @bookstodon
Mina smiled, her burp reminding her of the garlic linguine she'd had for dinner.
@kimlockhartga @bookstodon "He held a breath which he was quite aware he was holding. Then he began to feel faint..."