Comments on: Okay, how did I miss this? http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/okay-how-did-i-miss-this/ Young adult fiction news and reviews Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:10:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: brina http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/okay-how-did-i-miss-this/#comment-960 brina Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:16:23 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=214#comment-960 Ah, well. If you are willing to write teen books that <i>feature</i> a teenager's struggle with cigars and booze, maybe you could get away with it. Besides which, you can just write under another name, and no one will ever know about the cigars and booze unless you admit to them. :) Me? I'm living out of wedlock with a <i>man</i> (of my dreams, though), and I have been known to purchase cigarettes that cost nine dollars. NINE. (Kids, this is why you should never, ever start smoking, okay? Because these cancer sticks are expensive, and I have been told repeatedly that it's easier to go off heroin than it is to quit smoking. Not that I haven't tried. Repeatedly. Maybe this RH hullabaloo will even get me to try again.) Ah, well. If you are willing to write teen books that feature a teenager’s struggle with cigars and booze, maybe you could get away with it. Besides which, you can just write under another name, and no one will ever know about the cigars and booze unless you admit to them. :)

Me? I’m living out of wedlock with a man (of my dreams, though), and I have been known to purchase cigarettes that cost nine dollars. NINE. (Kids, this is why you should never, ever start smoking, okay? Because these cancer sticks are expensive, and I have been told repeatedly that it’s easier to go off heroin than it is to quit smoking. Not that I haven’t tried. Repeatedly. Maybe this RH hullabaloo will even get me to try again.)

]]> By: michael grant http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/okay-how-did-i-miss-this/#comment-959 michael grant Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:52:19 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=214#comment-959 Yeah, I'd be out of luck. Cigars. Booze. Failure to shave daily. Yeah, I’d be out of luck. Cigars. Booze. Failure to shave daily.

]]> By: brina http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/okay-how-did-i-miss-this/#comment-957 brina Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:52:00 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=214#comment-957 Thanks, S. That is a huge relief. :) Thanks, S. That is a huge relief. :)

]]> By: S http://www.yanewyork.com/2008/09/okay-how-did-i-miss-this/#comment-955 S Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:25:06 +0000 http://www.yanewyork.com/?p=214#comment-955 That clause appears only to apply to the UK only, and there seems to be some doubt as to how often it is being applied. Galleycat did a good recap of the issue here: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/trends/another_look_at_that_ya_morality_clause_92522.asp That clause appears only to apply to the UK only, and there seems to be some doubt as to how often it is being applied.

Galleycat did a good recap of the issue here: http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/trends/another_look_at_that_ya_morality_clause_92522.asp

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