looking up from the depths of revision just to say —

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— that writing a sexy scene you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, will in fact be read by your parents?

SOUL DEATH.



26 responses to “looking up from the depths of revision just to say —”
  1. WORD. And mine aren’t even particularly sexy.

  2. maybe you could use lulu.com or another POD service to create a Very Special Edition just for them? In fact, I believe someone needs to start a business for this exact purpose, saving authors everywhere from the horror of their parents reading things they should never ever see.

  3. rj_anderson Avatar

    WORD. And mine aren’t even particularly sexy.

    1. admin Avatar

      I’m hoping that they won’t actually read the whole book. I mean, they might not, right? They’re the only two readers that I don’t want to finish it.

      1. rj_anderson Avatar

        And yet they have so many good and noble reasons to plow through even if they don’t like it… I still can’t believe my father read the drecktastic 135,000 word epic fantasy novel I wrote when I was nineteen. And then commented, in a somewhat baffled fashion, “Er… it’s a bit bloody, isn’t it?” (Piles of murdered unicorns. I kid you not.)

        Nice icon, by the way.

  4. hhw Avatar

    maybe you could use lulu.com or another POD service to create a Very Special Edition just for them? In fact, I believe someone needs to start a business for this exact purpose, saving authors everywhere from the horror of their parents reading things they should never ever see.

    1. admin Avatar

      Truly, this is a fine idea.

  5. I’m hoping that they won’t actually read the whole book. I mean, they might not, right? They’re the only two readers that I don’t want to finish it.

  6. Truly, this is a fine idea.

  7. Honey, this is what the Nyquil is for. Later, you can disavow any knowledge of how the scene was written at all.

  8. This is precisely why I look at my seldom updated ficblog and pray that my mother never gets bored enough to see what all is on my domain.

  9. corinna_5 Avatar

    Honey, this is what the Nyquil is for. Later, you can disavow any knowledge of how the scene was written at all.

    1. admin Avatar

      They may need the NyQuil more than I.

  10. muzivitch Avatar

    This is precisely why I look at my seldom updated ficblog and pray that my mother never gets bored enough to see what all is on my domain.

    1. admin Avatar

      Fortunately, my parents remain happily computer illiterate — so far.

  11. And yet they have so many good and noble reasons to plow through even if they don’t like it… I still can’t believe my father read the drecktastic 135,000 word epic fantasy novel I wrote when I was nineteen. And then commented, in a somewhat baffled fashion, “Er… it’s a bit bloody, isn’t it?” (Piles of murdered unicorns. I kid you not.)

    Nice icon, by the way.

  12. *snickers like a 12-year old*

  13. counteragent Avatar

    *snickers like a 12-year old*

    1. admin Avatar

      😀

  14. They may need the NyQuil more than I.

  15. Fortunately, my parents remain happily computer illiterate — so far.

  16. 😀

  17. That is (as Captain Hook was wont to say) the fear that haunts me…

  18. penelope_pruitt Avatar

    That is (as Captain Hook was wont to say) the fear that haunts me…

  19. Hahaha!

  20. csinman Avatar

    Hahaha!