[stylist] Fantasy and the conservative reader?

[Barbara Hammel]

If it is not central to the plot, there is no reason to have it there.
Frankly, before I was so conservative, I read a few fantasy novels and found 
the nudity and sex out of place.  I don't need to be aroused every time I 
pick up a book.  That's what the genre of romance is there for.
If one wants sex and nudity, then write a romance.  Shelly's book would be 
an okay place for that.  I wouldn't have been so put off by it if it had 
happened before they were married because it was a romance.
Barbara

Snow is God's way of reminding us that beauty can be found even in the 
coldest hearts.

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From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:31 PM
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: [stylist] Fantasy and the conservative reader?

> I am getting contradictory advice again regarding my novel.
> Particularly wether on not to remove that last nude bit from chapter
> 14.
> Someone else told me to keep them in because only conservative readers
> would object and they wouldn't be interested in my book anyway.
> So I'm interested, particularly from Judith and Barbara who were the
> ones who objected to these scenes, wether they would be interested in
> fantasy based novels in the first place? Judith did seem interested in
> the beggining.
>
> It helps to know your reader but this is my first novel intended for
> outside views so I'm still finding my feet where my readership is
> concerned.
> I've removed the nude bit as it is not really central to the plot.
>
> What do other people think so far?
>
> Helene
>
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