Dead Dove, Do Not Eat: Explicit Content, Humor, Writing Level
This post's title describes the holy trinity of content warnings for my books. I enjoy sex and violence in fiction, my humor is ridiculous, and I write for thinkers.
My explicit content will never be itemized in a "trigger warning" at the start of my books because I don't like spoilers. I simply inform my readers of adult content and ask readers with triggers to consider reading something else. They must then have enough personal responsibility and accountability to decide whether or not they would like to read my books. I wish everyone could read and enjoy my writing as much as I do, but that sentiment, like my stories, belongs in a fantasy world.
Fortunately, I have a combat veteran's sense of humor. I am irreverent. At times, I am dark. However, even before I served twenty-one years in the Army, I was a silly person. I laugh at myself more than I laugh at others. My humor may also be absurd. Readers who take themselves and fiction too seriously likely won't enjoy my stories. I ask them to kindly take their miseries and insecurities elsewhere. I ask everyone else to please delight in my madness as I take them on a Psy Fantasy Crusade through my warped multiverse and beyond.
I am a trained journalist and an English major with a graduate-level education. Although I hope to find many faithful readers one day, I primarily write for myself. The vocabulary in my books is extensive, and the themes and concepts may be complex. I have physically watched people pick up copies of my books and stumble over words they did not understand in the summaries alone. Not all reader are meant for The Satanic Verses. Some readers are meant to struggle through Twilight, and that is okay. As long as the world keeps reading, I am at peace with the fact my books are not for everyone. However, it is annoying to get a review claiming the reader failed to understand an entire story due to "grammatical errors," when I'm dead positive it was a matter of reading level. I am sad to lose readers, but perhaps readers who thought Fifty Shades of Grey was the pinnacle of modern culture won't enjoy a book peppered with scientific terms and mixed ancient mythologies.
I hope to find my tribe as an author and a reader.
I welcome everyone, but I especially welcome those interested in deep thought, absurd humor, and explicit content. 🖤
To anyone opposing those things, this is a warning.
"Dead dove: do not eat!"
My explicit content will never be itemized in a "trigger warning" at the start of my books because I don't like spoilers. I simply inform my readers of adult content and ask readers with triggers to consider reading something else. They must then have enough personal responsibility and accountability to decide whether or not they would like to read my books. I wish everyone could read and enjoy my writing as much as I do, but that sentiment, like my stories, belongs in a fantasy world.
Fortunately, I have a combat veteran's sense of humor. I am irreverent. At times, I am dark. However, even before I served twenty-one years in the Army, I was a silly person. I laugh at myself more than I laugh at others. My humor may also be absurd. Readers who take themselves and fiction too seriously likely won't enjoy my stories. I ask them to kindly take their miseries and insecurities elsewhere. I ask everyone else to please delight in my madness as I take them on a Psy Fantasy Crusade through my warped multiverse and beyond.
I am a trained journalist and an English major with a graduate-level education. Although I hope to find many faithful readers one day, I primarily write for myself. The vocabulary in my books is extensive, and the themes and concepts may be complex. I have physically watched people pick up copies of my books and stumble over words they did not understand in the summaries alone. Not all reader are meant for The Satanic Verses. Some readers are meant to struggle through Twilight, and that is okay. As long as the world keeps reading, I am at peace with the fact my books are not for everyone. However, it is annoying to get a review claiming the reader failed to understand an entire story due to "grammatical errors," when I'm dead positive it was a matter of reading level. I am sad to lose readers, but perhaps readers who thought Fifty Shades of Grey was the pinnacle of modern culture won't enjoy a book peppered with scientific terms and mixed ancient mythologies.
I hope to find my tribe as an author and a reader.
I welcome everyone, but I especially welcome those interested in deep thought, absurd humor, and explicit content. 🖤
To anyone opposing those things, this is a warning.
"Dead dove: do not eat!"
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