...she wants to read my material. Gulp.
My mother's pretty cool and has a good sense of humor. We can talk about anything and have. That said she goes to church every Sunday so the notion of letting her read everything I've written makes me blush. She's no prude but the idea of my mom reading some of the more racy material is pretty mortifying. And funny.
I don't know what her reaction would be and since she's my mom she'll probably feel a certain pressure to be supportive...or not. I wonder if she'll cringe at the naughty bits--not because they're there, but because I wrote them and it might not be an accomplishment she's proud to tout.
I know a lot of this is my own perception along with the fact that I tend to be a more private, introverted personality. There's also this--I don't know if stigma is the correct word--label or perception attached to romance writing that doesn't exist with other forms of fiction. I don't know why that is since romance handedly beats out other genres in terms of sales. Even one of the editing books I often refer to (Stein On Writing) calls the genre transient. And these are his readers/customers he's turning his nose up at!
I might just bite the bullet and let her read a chapter. I know she wants to feel included in this thing she knows takes up a lot of my time. Thing is she's an excellent proofreading and I need one. I swear God has a wicked sense of humor.
3 comments:
I don't know if I could let my mom read anything naughty that I would have written. She used to steal my romance novels when I would move back from college and that was weird in itself, but something that I would have written? Hmm... weird.
Maybe let her read some of the non-naughty chapters :) or edit them down without sex, and make them more PG instead of XXX.
Are you saying my material's XXX rated? (grin). I've seriously considered handing her the material with the more itimate parts taken out. That said, I think it's the sentiment behind it that needles me. If there's a need to hide something then aren't I the one making a big deal about it?
Well maybe not XXX but its certainly more racy than Peter Pan ;)
I would definitely take out the intimate parts, because then its only like your mom catching you making out with your boyfriend, rather than her catching you doing the naughty.
I think its sweet she wants to read your stuff. But...edit! :)
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