If you're referring to THE HOUSE OF THE BLACK SUNSET, then yes, unfortunately.
I put in some very graphic sexual references, I had rape, I had homosexual characters and touched on homosexual sex. The primary story is about Lucifer's final attempt at overthrowing God's kingdom, and I get the feeling that I kind of went a little too far offending the hell out of everybody with it, but I felt like I shouldn't have held anything back when I wrote it.
I had straight sex in there as well, but I don't think I realized how touchy the idea of religion was in this country, and I REALLY didn't understand just how hateful people were, either. I suppose you'd see a different version of the book if I had finished it post-Trump.
But hey, it's my first attempt. I'm almost finished with my second novel, and I hope that people won't use my first shot as a reason not to read the second. It won't have anything to do with what I wrote in SUNSET, it will be a completely different book, written with a much simpler style and not nearly as much graphic material.
The sad part is, I explicitly put a Foreword in the book, explaining how I intended it all as fiction. The only reason I decided to go so graphic with it all is because it was dealing primarily with sin, so I tried to make the themes as sinful as possible. But I guess I went too far.
Anyway. Sorry for such a long answer. But yeah. That's the deal.
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You didn't come here to make the choice, you're here to understand why you made it.
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