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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan
I think that my problem with this argument over not publishing a book because can influence to people come from my own story. A lot of time people have told me (even recently) that I shouldn't read romance because real life is not the same. Then I feel they are calling me stupid, a person not able to recognize fantasy from reality. And I've got the same feeling when I read some arguments here, sorry.
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I completely agree: many people read - and enjoy reading - fictional accounts of things that they certainly wouldn't like to be involved with in real life. The key word here is
fiction. I find it a little patronising to suggest that a reader isn't capable of distinguishing between fiction and reality.