THOUGHTS FOR THURSDAY- Falling Down the Rabbit Hole of Naughty Words

Originally posted on Romance Writers Weekly:

Hi all~ Kristi Rose here. It’s my turn to blog  and I thought I’d take you on a little journey that I inadvertently went on one day:-)

Falling Down the Rabbit Hole of Naughty Words 

I recently finished writing a book where the heroine had a potty mouth (she would’ve been called a muck spout long ago). Sometimes I loved that she couldn’t care less what others thought and sometimes I hesitated to write the combination of profanity that she’d likely string together. Left me looking over my shoulder much like a criminal. I think we can all agree that western culture has become a tad…desensitized, but am I the only one who enjoys our societal evolution but cringes from it as well?

This entire internal debate took me down into a rabbit hole that I’m sharing with you today.

We all know that naughty words are born out of…

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