Comments on: Space Opera! http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/12/12/space-opera/ ...and anarchy ensues Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:49:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Adrian Swift http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/12/12/space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Adrian Swift Sun, 04 Mar 2007 04:31:00 +0000 http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/12/12/space-opera/#comment-722 Hope you're making good progress with your current projects.<br/><br/>Hope you'll resume blogging before too terribly long!<br/><br/>I write fantasy, not romance, but there can be romance and sex in fantasy novels, too. I am curious from your posting how standards have changed over time. In a typical, mainstream romance novel of today, is the "f-word" acceptable?<br/><br/>I ask because it appears fifty million times in the first draft of my current WIP, and I'm just wondering how publishers might react to that, or explicit scenes. The bar is constantly moving. Any thoughts? Hope you’re making good progress with your current projects.

Hope you’ll resume blogging before too terribly long!

I write fantasy, not romance, but there can be romance and sex in fantasy novels, too. I am curious from your posting how standards have changed over time. In a typical, mainstream romance novel of today, is the “f-word” acceptable?

I ask because it appears fifty million times in the first draft of my current WIP, and I’m just wondering how publishers might react to that, or explicit scenes. The bar is constantly moving. Any thoughts?

]]> By: Catherine Avril Morris http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/12/12/space-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Catherine Avril Morris Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.sherrythomas.com/blog/2006/12/12/space-opera/#comment-721 Woo-hoo--bitch goddess!! Lovin' it. Your voice will translate really well to futuristics.<br/><br/>Good luck with your WIP and getting thru the holidaze and all that stuff. Woo-hoo–bitch goddess!! Lovin’ it. Your voice will translate really well to futuristics.

Good luck with your WIP and getting thru the holidaze and all that stuff.

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