Sex before eighteen

[MathGirl]

maybe because it wasnt LIT Material?

It was. It was rejected for "under age." About twenty stories with the same two people *having sex* were accepted with no problems.

I believe whoever passed judgement on that thing was just having a bad day.
MG

 

[Guest]

 

[MathGirl]

20 other stories all involving underage people having sex?

Or did you flash it back to their childhood?

Dear EE,
No. All stories finished with a statement that everyone was at least eighteen. Only the first one (no sex) got rejected.
MG

 

[Guest]

 

[Rainbow Skin]

Flogging a Dead 18-y-o Horse

Just resubmit the story unchanged. In the snarky comments to Laurel box make a snarky comment that you're resubmitting it unchanged, as it was erroneously rejected for underage sex. Point out the ambiguous passage, if that helps.

I've done that a few times, resubmitting with minimal change, now that I've worked out you can. The poor woman reads hundreds of pages of grimy rubbish every night, it's probably a vast relief to see '15' in the third paragraph, stamp it 'reject', and pass on to the next one.

It amused me to have a recent story open with girls of 12, 13, or 14 talking. Thought I'd better put a warning in the snarky comments box that they don't get involved: and that went in fine.

All these just-18-year-olds who've never heard of sex, and whose breasts are just budding: you know, that makes their IQ about 61. And it usually shows.

 

[MathGirl]

Re: Flogging a Dead 18-y-o Horse

Just that makes their IQ about 61. And it usually shows.

Dear RS,
I'll thank you not to cast personal aspersions at my intelligence. I can't help it, you know.
MG

 

[Krenee]

excuse me,i always thought of myself and the continuing saga of budding breasts rather intelligent.

 

[Rainbow Skin]

Strictly, I don't mean IQ, I mean whatever the opposite of progeria is. Antigeria? Neoteny?

The IQ depends on whether their brains mature in line with their physiological or their chronological ages.

 

[MathGirl]

Strictly, I don't mean IQ, I mean whatever the opposite of progeria is. Antigeria? Neoteny?

The IQ depends on whether their brains mature in line with their physiological or their chronological ages.

Dear RS,
No shit?

I think the word you're looking for is 'taxidermy.'
MG

Ps. I think breasts generally cease being "budding" after age about 15 or 16.

 

[gauchecritic]

Ps. I think breasts generally cease being "budding" after age about 15 or 16.

In the same way that all boys over 15/16 have deep voices, shave twice a day and stop giggling like girls at double entendres.

Gauche

 

[Guest]

entendray vous?

I think boys giggle at anything doubled (imho). P

 

[BlackSnake]

How about just writing the story leaving out the ages and let the reader figure it out. Leave the age in the minds of the reader.

 

[Rainbow Skin]

Quite right. The 'it was just after my 18th birthday' is often in mitigation of some particularly ditzy or juvenile behaviour of the character - or after mentioning school, budding breasts, training bra, never kissed, etc.

 

[BlackSnake]

At times there are stories that the character's actions don't match what the character does.

Pet names are used at any age, so there's no hint there either.

just a thought.

 

[Chicklet]

Re: Flogging a Dead 18-y-o Horse

Just resubmit the story unchanged. In the snarky comments to Laurel box make a snarky comment that you're resubmitting it unchanged, as it was erroneously rejected for underage sex. Point out the ambiguous passage, if that helps.

I agree with this one - my story "a pirate's revenge" (don't roll your eyes, i wrote it a long time ago, okay?) was rejected for underage sex. Hello, the characters were all over 18. I just resubmitted it with a note and laurel accepted it.

At least a resubmission will have Laurel looking a little closer at it, and it never hurts to try, right?

-Chicklet