On May 11, 2004, at 11:32 AM, Warlord wrote: > > >> -----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 > An author friend of mine, Lawrence Watt-Evans, does the same thing. I actually picked up on it when I was reading his pen name's web page and noticed the similiar tones. I am now sworn to silence. :-)