Removing Naughty Scenes Does Not a YA Make #amwriting

It’s pretty well known that people have mixed opinions about adult scenes in entertainment. Some insist on it in their novels; others skim those scenes or flat-out refuse to read books with explicit naughtiness. So I wasn’t surprised by the varied feedback concerning all the “doin’ it” in my novel, SUMMONED. What I was surprised by, though, was the reason many people requested a copy without it: so they could recommend the book to their teenagers.

I had to give this some thought.

SUMMONED was...