Do YA authors read aloud "bad" words at book events?
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Profanity, expletives, cuss words, swearing.
As you might have picked up on from my "Gratuitous" entry the other day, my book. It has them.
The book is clearly marketed for 14 and up and these words are, in my opinion, necessary for the voice when I used them. My stance is that my characters need to speak the way they would if they were real people, not the way some people might wish they would speak. And, you know, if you happen to know a 16-year-old boy who spends his days gettin...
Profanity, expletives, cuss words, swearing.
As you might have picked up on from my "Gratuitous" entry the other day, my book. It has them.
The book is clearly marketed for 14 and up and these words are, in my opinion, necessary for the voice when I used them. My stance is that my characters need to speak the way they would if they were real people, not the way some people might wish they would speak. And, you know, if you happen to know a 16-year-old boy who spends his days gettin...
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