Comments on: Hmm… did I write that? http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/ Weblog of National Bestselling, Award-Winning Novelist Sylvia Day Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:12:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Sylvia Day | Sensual Romance Author :: Weblog http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/comment-page-1/#comment-1695 Sylvia Day | Sensual Romance Author :: Weblog Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:48:31 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/#comment-1695 [...] much from tapping a hungry market as it can from placement in WalMart. My experience with editing sexual explicitness in my Black Lace story was not all that pleasant. I felt [...] [...] much from tapping a hungry market as it can from placement in WalMart. My experience with editing sexual explicitness in my Black Lace story was not all that pleasant. I felt [...]

]]> By: Sasha http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 Sasha Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:41:36 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/#comment-1169 It was two years ago when my first BL short was published, and like Saskia and Wendy...I was encouraged to push it. They wanted 'edgy' and 'daring'. I had fun with those stories. I also hate to see this because that means that Kerri probably won't like WILLING. It's going to be pretty raw. :oops: It was two years ago when my first BL short was published, and like Saskia and Wendy…I was encouraged to push it. They wanted ‘edgy’ and ‘daring’. I had fun with those stories. I also hate to see this because that means that Kerri probably won’t like WILLING. It’s going to be pretty raw. :oops:

]]> By: Jordan http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Jordan Wed, 26 Jan 2005 17:41:39 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/#comment-1168 That is so odd since the market is opening to the opposite on this end. Of course the state always have been contradictory in that respect. I doubt I will ever understand it.:roll: That is so odd since the market is opening to the opposite on this end. Of course the state always have been contradictory in that respect. I doubt I will ever understand it.:roll:

]]> By: Wendywoo http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/comment-page-1/#comment-1167 Wendywoo Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:37:36 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/#comment-1167 Crikey, the imprint's gone round in a great circle! When I very first wrote for Black Lace, around ten years ago, the words you quote [and other strong expressions] were discouraged. But after a syposium attended by most of the authors and the editorial team, it was agreed we could use them. As the years went on, as Saskia rightly says, we were actively encouraged to use them, and up until very recently, to really push the envelope with language and transgressive sexual variations... which was brilliant! But now it seems BL is back to square one, and everything is tamed and watered down again. A shame in some ways, but hey, what a fabulous writing challenge to make your stories super hot *within* the new restrictions!!! I might even have a crack at it myself... Love, Wendy AKA Portia Da Costa [Eight Black Lace novels from the 'golden age' and contributions to around five BL compilations] Crikey, the imprint’s gone round in a great circle! When I very first wrote for Black Lace, around ten years ago, the words you quote [and other strong expressions] were discouraged. But after a syposium attended by most of the authors and the editorial team, it was agreed we could use them. As the years went on, as Saskia rightly says, we were actively encouraged to use them, and up until very recently, to really push the envelope with language and transgressive sexual variations… which was brilliant! But now it seems BL is back to square one, and everything is tamed and watered down again.

A shame in some ways, but hey, what a fabulous writing challenge to make your stories super hot *within* the new restrictions!!! I might even have a crack at it myself…

Love, Wendy AKA Portia Da Costa [Eight Black Lace novels from the 'golden age' and contributions to around five BL compilations]

]]> By: Alison http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Alison Wed, 26 Jan 2005 15:17:11 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/#comment-1166 This is absolutely hysterical, LOLOL! Here in the US we're pushing envelopes to use those slang expressions and AVOID the clinical terms! This is absolutely hysterical, LOLOL! Here in the US we’re pushing envelopes to use those slang expressions and AVOID the clinical terms!

]]> By: Saskia http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Saskia Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:34:27 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/01/25/318/#comment-1165 LOL Sylvia, this made me laugh! When I first wrote a short for BL (1997) I was told NOT to use penis but to use cock instead. Isn't it interesting how time and pressure for sales changes things! :lol: I noticed the change happening in my last short for them, where a certain term I'd used was changed to the much more widely acceptable term "self-indulgence." :lol: Never mind! Congrats on your first cover! LOL Sylvia, this made me laugh! When I first wrote a short for BL (1997) I was told NOT to use penis but to use cock instead. Isn’t it interesting how time and pressure for sales changes things! :lol: I noticed the change happening in my last short for them, where a certain term I’d used was changed to the much more widely acceptable term “self-indulgence.” :lol: Never mind! Congrats on your first cover!

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