tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post7930661370759182258..comments2024-01-15T09:38:41.593+00:00Comments on Stories from The Edge: Sex on the Edge by Keren DavidEdge Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17472330166263235360noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-1229691410883283672011-06-04T21:03:20.131+01:002011-06-04T21:03:20.131+01:00This is one of the best blog posts I've read i...This is one of the best blog posts I've read in a long time. Short, concise, honest and to the point.It makes you think, 'shit, yeah!' <br /><br />Books for teens don't always have to be about issues or messages of morality.<br /><br />ColinColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15825910314726097048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-36491087545319452242011-05-07T12:50:30.676+01:002011-05-07T12:50:30.676+01:00I tend towards the Jane Austen approach but have b...I tend towards the Jane Austen approach but have become bolder as my books have developed. Good points Keren and well worth considering.Miriam Halahmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935448538608020877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-87876214945644288182011-05-07T10:46:11.949+01:002011-05-07T10:46:11.949+01:00The authors I've read recently who do the sex ...The authors I've read recently who do the sex thing really well are Gillian Philip and Keris Stainton. Not too graphic and not at all in the 'if you have sex something TERRIBLE will happen' mode. William Nicholson's Rich and Mad is good too, but I was so disappointed that the girl having sex for the first time feels the need to say 'I'll just look after myself shall I?' (or something like that, haven't got the book here).<br />Oh and I should have mentioned all those paranormal romances where the sexual tension is palpable..but if they DO it his special powers will KILL her.Keren Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-54667692600896695782011-05-06T23:28:42.227+01:002011-05-06T23:28:42.227+01:00Great blog title - 'Sex on the Edge' sound...Great blog title - 'Sex on the Edge' sounds rather dangerous, like some sort of precarious balancing act, which I suppose it is - in more ways than one!<br /><br />Hm, it's a prickly subject, isn't it? And isn't it interesting that it's all the negative aspects of sex that are more 'acceptable' to the gatekeepers of teen fiction. <br /><br />You'd think they wanted us to put teens off sex or something...<br /><br />I still remember reading Judy Blume's 'Forever' for the first time - surreptitiously flicking through it in a corner of a bookshop to find THAT scene that my friends were all talking about, then everyone eagerly passing the book around our girls' school like contraband. (One of my friends was particularly thrilled because her boyfriend at the time was also called Michael!) <br /><br />We'd read problem pages galore, but this was the first time we'd encountered sex in a book aimed at us, and it was enlightening - this was not a cautionary tale, neither was it the glamourized sex scenes you see in movies. <br /><br />This felt real, it was from an author we trusted, and it meant something to us.katie dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04532331152249918823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-28526275518503327512011-05-06T21:13:20.517+01:002011-05-06T21:13:20.517+01:00Pithy post, Keren.
I recall a bookish conversation...Pithy post, Keren.<br />I recall a bookish conversation with a friend a while back - she has two teen daughters, one had asked her, "Mom, why don't authors write about sex? It's not like we don't know about it or even do it, so do they think they're protecting us from something or what? They really need to get real."<br />Nuf zed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-27145312899778400522011-05-06T18:10:11.151+01:002011-05-06T18:10:11.151+01:00Very thought provoking, Keren.
I personally don...Very thought provoking, Keren. <br /><br />I personally don't put sex in my books, not because it's too controversial, but because I think writing a sex scene, let alone one with teenage protagonists, is a skill that I very much lack.<br /><br />A passionate kiss is about as far as I can write! <br /><br />But then I always loved those old movies where the film ends with the kiss - where the whole thing builds up to a single kiss. Some of those are the most passionate film moments I've seen and that's what I'd love to capture in my books.<br /><br />When my daughter is older I hope she does read about sex in her literature, partly because I hope it sparks discussions about these issues. They're hard to broach otherwise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-879471721147949241.post-56085459980937099452011-05-06T17:46:57.190+01:002011-05-06T17:46:57.190+01:00Perhaps the edgiest of all is to write about a gir...Perhaps the edgiest of all is to write about a girl who isn't a fanatical American Christian but nevertheless chooses not to have sex because she hasn't fallen in love yet. We (I'm 28 now, at which point this character gets even rarer) do exist, but apparently if we're not saving ourselves for marriage (just a nice guy) no one wants to write about us.Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.com