tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893488369581315599.post7749045482402097395..comments2024-03-10T03:00:16.174-07:00Comments on Flirting with Romance: Sex in YA: How Much is Too Much by Kara Leigh Miller, author of The Georgia Corbins Melinda Dozierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06864718341509893591noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893488369581315599.post-31490857921012553842013-07-18T05:39:31.079-07:002013-07-18T05:39:31.079-07:00Someone else was blogging about this recently. It&...Someone else was blogging about this recently. It's really difficult because you obviously don't want a how-to guide (lol) but let's face it, if characters are real people 16-18 year olds have sex. Mostly, usually, often. But tons of YA is really read by 6th graders (or 26 year olds), so it's not easy to define the audience which is difficult. On the other side, if the intended age group is, say 14-17, we're not helping them by keeping sex and intimacy taboo. Characters are going from hand holding to having babies. That's crazy. For teens sex shouldn't be shown as a shameful activity (my opinion as someone with no kids, someone who saw many young girls labelled "sluts" what is a "slut" exactly?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893488369581315599.post-74931358282652557992013-07-14T13:12:41.287-07:002013-07-14T13:12:41.287-07:00As a parent, an avid reader, and one who enjoys er...As a parent, an avid reader, and one who enjoys erotica I have to say I'd like to see YA keep some sort of innocence. Not to say they are prude or have no sexual knowledge because that would just be naive. I like the idea of YA flirting with sex, having the immaturity to joke with sex, and in some cases crossing the line to having sex...and what are the consequences both good or bad. I think that hardcore erotica should not be in a YA book but I see nothing wrong with the author showing it to a degree. I have not really answered where the proverbial line is drawn but I'm totally okay with approaching that line. Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422277807379002232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893488369581315599.post-42534947213081127002013-07-14T11:44:37.951-07:002013-07-14T11:44:37.951-07:00Adding sex to YA aged characters does not make it ...Adding sex to YA aged characters does not make it NA. That's a common misconception. NA or New Adult are stories that focus on that transitional point in a young person's life and the challenges that come with that -- going to college, moving out of their parent's house and living alone for the first time, getting their first job, joining the Armed Forces, etc. Sure, NA can and often does contain sex, but just as often, it doesn't. To me, NA is simply coming of age stories. Kara Leigh Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01145104956483099121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893488369581315599.post-26635454575553796822013-07-13T13:59:07.698-07:002013-07-13T13:59:07.698-07:00That's what I think too. NA is college age wit...That's what I think too. NA is college age with sex.Melinda Dozierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06864718341509893591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1893488369581315599.post-14253380101250728672013-07-13T09:26:31.441-07:002013-07-13T09:26:31.441-07:00I've heard that when ppl have characters aged ...I've heard that when ppl have characters aged 18 to 22 and there's sex in the book then it's called NA. But NA doesn't necessarily have to include sex. Is NA the new chick lit? Rori Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663321915943623902noreply@blogger.com