Pleasing Your Readers
Of course that's what I want to do. It's great when you get feedback for readers telling you what they liked and even what they don't like. I have readers that really like it that my characters don't use bad language. Well, they do, but I don't write it down. I hope that my readers have enough imagination to figure out when the character is using bad language. Sometimes I describe that the person did without saying the exact words. I know that plenty of writer are exacting about what their characters say--but I just don't do it. The same thing with sex--yes, of course my characters have sex. Tempe and Hutch (in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mysteries) love each other and definitely enjoy the sexual part of their marriage. When you read one of my books you'll know when things are leading up to them having sex, but I always close the bedroom door. I figure all of my readers are mature enough to imagine what happens next. I have one reader that would like me to get...