Hi. In regards to the eff word, I wonder why it has to be used. In James Frey's "A Million Little Pieces" I wondered if he was capable of putting a sentence together without the eff word. In my book, I was very conscious of NOT using the eff word, even when it was appropriate to the character. I have a character named "Annie" in the book who was my cousin. She did not know how to talk without that word since the age of 12. But I did not want to offend a reader so I left it out. I think we should be able to tell a story without the eff word. What do you think? I wonder if I "blocked" a lot of "Running with Scissors" out because I know I read it, but all I can remember now is the Christmas tree being up all year in the story.