Nora Roberts/JD Robb has many, many characters ‘draw in a breath’ while thinking before they speak. Many.
Lois Bujold, in her science fiction and fantasy, uses ‘suffused’ an average of once per book. Which isn’t much over all, but it’s about once per book more than most authors would use it.
Nora Roberts/JD Robb has many, many characters ‘draw in a breath’ while thinking before they speak. Many.
Lois Bujold, in her science fiction and fantasy, uses ‘suffused’ an average of once per book. Which isn’t much over all, but it’s about once per book more than most authors would use it.