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.)
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.
WORD. And mine aren’t even particularly sexy.
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.
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.
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.
Truly, this is a fine idea.
Honey, this is what the Nyquil is for. Later, you can disavow any knowledge of how the scene was written at all.
They may need the NyQuil more than I.
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.
Fortunately, my parents remain happily computer illiterate — so far.
*snickers like a 12-year old*
😀
That is (as Captain Hook was wont to say) the fear that haunts me…
Hahaha!