Re: Re: A first for me
Mary E Tyler <[email protected]>
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On Oct 13, 2010, at 11:18 AM, auwg wrote: > --- In [email protected], Kirk McElhearn <kirkmc@...> > wrote: >> But the point someone else made is valid: if the sex is simply >> gratuitous, then do you really need it? If you want to sell erotic >> books, that's one thing, but too many books have gratuitous sex >> that don't need to be there for the story or for the character >> development. > > Nope. Not gratuitous. One thing leads to another, etc... > I've seen storylines that chop the continuity at such scenes, and > sometimes it's very jarring. Takes you right out of the reading > experience like a pothole on the freeway. > Better to treat the sex lightly and scoot through it than to > truncate developments abruptly. > Ed It never ceases to amaze me why people are so against sex... dej ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn to use Google Analytics to make your web site more effective. Buy my book! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047017501X/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "I loathe writing. On the other hand I'm a great believer in money." -- S.J. Perelman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In the midst of winter, I finally realized that deep within me there lay an invincible summer. --Albert Camus ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am Writer, hear me Pontificate! ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Post a message: ebook-community [[at]] * Unsubscribe: ebook-community-unsubscribe [[at]] * Switch to digest: ebook-community-digest [[at]] * Switch to normal: ebook-community-normal [[at]] * Put mail on hold: ebook-community-nomail [[at]] * Administrator: ebook-community-owner [[at]] * (* == yahoogroups.com) -------------------------------------------------------Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ebook-community/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] ebook-community-fullfeatured-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: ebook-community-unsubscribe-hHKSG33TihhbjbujkaE4pw@public.gmane.org <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/