> -----Original Message----- > From: Caliann the Elf [mailto:calianng_graves at yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 5:06 AM > To: Drageara List > Subject: RE: random comments on The Enchantress of Dzur Mountain: > Spoilers > > > Hhhmmm, I think there is a difference between acknowledging > something exists and describing it in all its lurid detail. > > I cannot imagine Paarfi describing rape. I *can* imagine Paarfi > describing the aftermath of such a thing, especially the > psychological aspects if they pertained to a character in the > story. However, Paarfi would not "lower" himself to describe the > blow-by-blow of a rape. He would feel it was either too pruient > an interest....or too much an invasion of privacy to the > character. Probably both. > > I cannot imagine Vlad feeling he has any need to describe rape. > Considering the world in which Vlad has lived, it was pretty much > par for the course. Vlad describing rape would be like a > mercenary describing the effects of a grenade on the human body. > Why bother? Everyone has already seen it. > Actually, when an author needs money, this is what pen-names are for. Case in point, I have a "lurid tale" autographed by a well known author who most graciously signed both names while chuckling about being "caught out." 2 minutes of time at a con, little thought of at the time, that has since become a cherished memory. W