/lit/ - Literature

>>4599237
>>4599233
>>4599249
The one thing I don't want to do is ruin art. Things need to be marketable, yes, but I try to walk the tightrope between arthouse and commercial stuff. Or, at least, I try to do so. We've had a few other stories with plenty of weird shit within, but mostly in the horror genre - I'm just nervous about including something like this in a fantasy story.

I could ask the author to remove it, I suppose, but it's a large enough part of the book that I would feel bad for doing so.

>>4598409
Read the thread.

>>4597847
This is exactly what I did earlier in the thread.

Well, I shot him an email.

>>4597862
Sort of, yeah.

>>4597865
"Ye Olde English," blindly following the monomyth, and shoehorning in a prophecy for no reason, to name a few.

>>4597868
They are definitely both sentient, and the reason for sex is 85% the mental bond they share - Although a bit of it is physical attraction as well, although that attraction can be handwaved as a result of the mental connection.

>>4597875
I'm just worried it's going to cause a shitload of controversy. Still, I emailed my boss about it, so we'll see what he says.

>>4597732
No idea if he's a 4channer. That NMH hotel reference could have been from elsewhere, they're a popular hipster band.

My boss is a 40-year-old balding man who can barely use a computer. Doubt he uses this website. He's a cool guy, though.

>>4597742
Eh, honestly, that might be even creepier.

>>4597758
Yeeeaahhh... Hey, /lit/ is typically better than the rest.

Also, sleeping now. Will answer any more questions or whatever in the morning.

>>4597683
It's one excerpt. I won't post anything else.

Hell, for all I know, the author uses this website. He mentioned that he named one of the major locations of the book after a Neutral Milk Hotel song, and he fits the site's demographic...

>>4597665
It mentions that later on.

>>4597649
Well, posting a very small excerpt (note: this is not edited by a professional yet, since we haven't decided if we want to go through that process or not, so there might be errors in the manuscript -- Also, I've replaced some of the names with make-style variables):

She smirked at $(MCNAME), reptilian lips curling upwards towards her beady eyes. "I'm sure you'll manage."

$(MCNAME)'s glare remained set in his face.
It's a tiny example but I'm afraid to post more.

>>4597635
It kind of does that already. The language used to describe dragons definitely seems rougher in the beginning.

Your post actually had me re-look up the initial description of the first dragon the MC sees, and yeah, the language is way rougher than during the sex scene.

>>4597642
I'll keep you guys updated as this develops.

>>4597624
It's mostly the second thing. Dragons are kind of looked down upon as being greedy and selfish by humans in general, and the MC has personal biases against them.

He spends a good portion of the book leading up to sex, and conversation won't be enough of a payoff. Hopefully, the weirdness of it isn't enough to deter readers.

I'll see how my boss responds on Monday

>>4597608
I'm not the author, and I think the chances of this getting published are actualyl pretty good.