Vicki -

Oh, don't worry about missing my other posts! I was joking. Because I use this voice dictation program, it's so easy to write that I end up hogging the forum :-)

Yes, I completely agree that there is no point in graphic sex that smacks of commercialism, or does not relate to the plot. However, I find certain authors like Nicholas Spark to be a little too "careful" for my liking.

I was just wondering how I should rate my own book because it does contain some profanity -- nothing that Stephen King wouldn't say, and every word was well chosen for a particular scene. But it is not squeaky clean by any means.
Some of my characters are drug addicts and I felt that it would be completely unrealistic to have them talking in wholesome sentences.

TTYA, Sigrid