Oh, references to other books, of course. Characters from folk tales, or bits of dialogue.
That made me laugh! I just had to buy your book. I didn't even look to see what it was about!Andrew Biss said:In The End of the World (which is actually the name of a bed & breakfast in the book...kind of), the protagonist meets a fellow tenant, an Eastern European woman, with whom he has a lengthy and quite startling discussion. At the end of the scene, as she's leaving the room, he insists on knowing her name. She finally relents, turning and telling him, "My name is Luka. I live on the second floor."
Well, gosh, thanks so much, Emily! I do hope you enjoy it!EmilyG said:That made me laugh! I just had to buy your book. I didn't even look to see what it was about!
Love and unicorn rainbow farts on you, fellow FFer!!SBJones said:I have a very minor character named "Cid" that follows one of the airship captains around. Its a homage to Final Fantasy's Cid. There are also references to times. 6:20, 12:15 and 5:08. The time traveler seems to think they are important, but they are actually nothing more than the Dates my books were released. June 20. Dec 15. May 8. I missed the May 8 one so he kinda freaks out about it.
Please tell which book contains Tubby. I was his biggest fan!Fredster said:Every one of my books contains a [now deceased] cat I've had a some point in my life (we're big cat people at Casa Fredster).
In The Convert, I referenced a company and minor character from No Limit.
Same. I hide references to my other books. It's a blast when readers report finding them.Masha du Toit said:Oh, references to other books, of course. Characters from folk tales, or bits of dialogue.
Ooh, that sounds fun!Rin said:Oh, all the time...my favourite two are the fact that my MC's email address is real (and I've had a couple of readers email it), and the fact that I set up a Fanfiction.net account for her years ago so it would age with her. >_<