What won't you write?

sloth-donkey-coyote gay erotica?

I don't know too much about the mechanics of a gay sloth-donkey-coyote orgy the research process disgusts me.

Hmm. I guess not, although depending on the genre, it might turn out horrible.

I have no scruples.

...and I still don't see a lot of paying work.

Owners of Pornographic Websites, my email address is--

--What? What'd I say?

Danger Jane said:

sloth-donkey-coyote gay erotica?

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Would sloth-donkey-coyote straight erotica be okay then?



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This question reminds me of the famous George Bernard Shaw anecdote (and I paraphrase).

Shaw is speaking with a comely young lass at a social occasion of some sort. He asks her:
"Would you sleep with me for a million pounds?"

She smiles and replies, "Well, yes, I think I would."

"Well, then -- how about for ten pounds?"

Indignant, she retorts, "What do you think I am, a whore?"

Shaw, coolly: "It seems we've already established that."

I don't think there's anything I'd completely avoid. Obviously certain subjects are unpleasant, but if an issue was crucial to the plot, then what the hell? Anything goes.

poetinahat said:

Would sloth-donkey-coyote straight erotica be okay then?

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The Society Against Immoral Tri-Species Relations says "No."

Well, I have already done it so the answer in my case is yes, there are many things I would not write for money!
I may a bit too much of a sensitive for the world of business but I simply cannot write anything that is not 100% what I feel think and believe.
(Which doesn't mean I don't have unpleasant subjects in my books. heck, one of my books is about child prostitution, you can't get much worse than that!! But I understood the question to be if you would write something supporting an issue you disagreed with.)

I'd write most anything; not well mind you... and probably I'd never write something entitled, "100 Reasons Why Bush Rocks My World;" that book, I'd turn down.

Why the question... did someone offer you lots to write a book? What about?

~ Jennifer (who is very sorry to all the Bush lovers, but not so sorry that she'd write that book)

Non-fiction.
I come from a family of writers/journalists. They excell in non-fiction. Everytime I've tried my hand at it, some mystical something or other weaves itself into the fabric of the story. Any other genre, for 100k, I'd kill myself to learn/master/create. But non-fiction? That takes genius; me idiot.

jenfreedom said:

I'd write most anything; not well mind you... and probably I'd never write something entitled, "100 Reasons Why Bush Rocks My World;" that book, I'd turn down.

Why the question... did someone offer you lots to write a book? What about?

~ Jennifer (who is very sorry to all the Bush lovers, but not so sorry that she'd write that book)

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Oh, I would love to write that book.

Bartholomew said:

Oh, I would love to write that book.

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I could see a man writing this book.
Oh. You mean President Bush?
Ah. Yeah. Well. I'm with Jen. My computer would probably combust, not to mention the souls of dead soldiers would tap my shoulder, and scowl down at me.

I don't think there's anything I wouldn't write if I was paid enough.

I heard it said once, "Everyone has a price...it's not always money."

scarletpeaches said:

I heard it said once, "Everyone has a price...it's not always money."

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That is just not true.

Remember, I said it's not always money. It could be family, friends, work...there's always something a person would do anything to protect. Their children, perhaps? I know it's a far-fetched idea but say you had to write something to save your child's life, or to save your own, or to...I dunno, find a cure for cancer. I say 'you' in the general sense.

I think I know what my 'price' is and it's not cash. No, I'm not saying.

I still think it's not true. Not for everyone.

Damn you and your principles, aruna - damn you!

(I'm just a whore for money).

aruna said:

That is just not true.

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I remember when I believed that.

Bartholomew said:

I remember when I believed that.

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You just haven't met the right people!

I'm not talking about myself, SP! please remove that halo you see floating around my head - if you only knew!!!

scarletpeaches said:

Damn you and your principles, aruna - damn you!

(I'm just a whore for money).

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I agree. When it comes to your child, a mother will do anything; scruples be damned. I've modeled in the nude to put food on the table--once upon a time when I had something worth looking at (single 17 year old parent, blah, blah, blah)--so write for money? Well, at least I'd be able to keep my shirt on & not scare the locals.

Uh...don't suppose you've still got those photos?

It's uh, for research. Yeah, that's it. Research.

But I think the OP quandary is a different one - it was originally if you would do sacrifice your principles for money; we're come around to discussing whether what we wouldn't do for a noble cause, ie saving children, curing cancer, etc - that's a different discussion altogether! I think the two shouldn't be thrown into the same pot.

There were plenty of things I declined to write about in my first book, and now, I have no more desire to put them in the second than I did the first.

No graphic sex. No terrible violence. I guess, basically, I want my books to contain stuff that's mostly nice. And I'll only deviate so far from that ideal.

Some of the stuff my brother writes about in Running With Scissors and his magazine columns . . .I would never write about those things. And I don't think there's a need to, at least for me. There's a market for both pieces of work, or both of us.

scarletpeaches said:

Uh...don't suppose you've still got those photos?

It's uh, for research. Yeah, that's it. Research.

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No, Lady SpanksAlot, but I DID make front cover. How I found out is quite a humorous date-gone-bad story, but it would hijack this thread.

$100,000.000? Nope. There's nothing I wouldn't write.

If I cared deeply about making money, I'd be writing something else.