[bksvol-discuss] Re: an adult book but not for adults?
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 15:04:09 -0700 (PDT)
My suggestion is to not mark it Adult but put in the
long synopsis that there is profanity, sex, violence,
ofr whatever when it occurs. There ar a number of
classics for teenagers that try to realistically
portray a seamier side of life realistically. I did
that with Stephen King's Misery, because I felt some
adults who find profanity offenseive and cruelty and
torture difficult to read should be warned.
Cindy
-- Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm scanning a book called "The Bitch Posse". It's
> for young adults, I swear it! It was categorized
> under the YA section and everything, but it's got an
> astonishing amount of swearing, sexual references,
> etc. What do we do in cases like these, they are
> meant for Young adults, but they have a lot of
> swearing? If I mark it adult when I'm done editing
> it, nobody under eighteen can see it, is that
> correct? And Im worried about restricting the
> audience because it's really a YA book, just a very
> real and true one. Yes there's a lot of swearing,
> but that's life for some teens. But if I don't
> mark it, some seven-teen-year-old is going to get a
> shock. Thoughts?
> Amber
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