Date-upping (get it?)

Miserable puns aside, yesterday I did write quite a bit.

Funny thing, I didn't write any of those chapters I mentioned here, I had an amazing idea and wrote about a completely different and important chapter at the beginning of book 2 (this chapter is very very important to set the stage where I want to be with some characters and the whole story at the end of book 1)

It's very intense and turns to be quite a sexual chapter. Well... Sexual may not be the word. I kinda left the door open for the really explicit stuff to be on the reader's mind (the point-of-view character is eavesdropping behind a door to the whole incident, and leaves before the nasty stuff, assuming what I expect the reader to assume as well, but not quite sure ;))

Anyway, why am I getting in such detail about this today?

Well... There's a big decision I have to make regarding my novel, and I've been struggling with it for quite a long time. You see, I'm leaning towards not using strong language and explicit content, so that younger public can read the book (it's not for the fucking money, don't even go there, it's to keep my story on a fairy-tale-like vibe), on the other hand, I want this story to be rich and working with deep, strong human emotions (how the fuck can I write a epic story about empires without using or mentioning sex and sexual desires?).

Imagine on one extreme you have Harry Potter and the other extreme A Song of Ice and Fire.

It's hard to balance this, I think kids won't understand the complexity of my characters, and adults aren't interested in the fairy-tale vibe I want to keep the story in.

Is it even possible to do both?

Let's not ramble.

Back to our issue: I can't please Greeks and Trojans, right? I just have to do something I'm happy with.

I'm just not sure where it is, I haven't crossed the line yet, leaving the door open for both.

If I had to bet, I think I'll probably fall more near the ASOIAF extreme. But who knows?