Since we have a Soapbox now for controversial political issues, I will only use my Blog for literary stuff and reviews, along with announcement for Cyber-Bullying Defense Team related story material, once I publish on October 23rd 2015.

So let's start with a topic that writers and readers have debated internally and vocally (at least in the past): What are the rules for sex? How old should your characters be if they form relationships or have sex in stories? What is the line between a story of love and passion versus a porn movie script?

Everyone has rules, I am not looking to change your views, but I will state my laws of characters relations now:

1. Thou shall not make gratuitous sex for no reason, meaning the characters must logically go into a sexual encounter as they would in normal context of their plot. If you want to make them sexually active, make sure to add it in early in the story or gradually as a progression
2. Thou shall make loving relationships if the characters call for it, meaning don't force ship characters who are not ready to fall in love. Most of us are single and not in loving relationships, so let's not lie to the readers.
3. Thou shall not write explicit rape scenes unless you are willing to create characters with massive emotional issues afterwards, seriously don't do this thinking your characters will bounce back fast.
4. Thou shall allow characters to be open to other advances without making them into sluts, guys you don't need to make gay teens into sluts to give them a story, being open does not mean you are dropping your boxers for every cock that comes your way. If they need sexual release there are other ways.
5. Thou shall allow a character to fall in love with whoever they want as long as that character understands the reality of his/her choice, pretty much a given, but if you have an older character involved with a younger character make sure they know it can be complicated and culturally unacceptable in other areas (i.e. Europe has an age of consent of 16, the US is 18 for most states, and other countries might still have sodomy laws.)
6. Thou shall use reality as it calls for, i.e. if you as the writer was abused by a Catholic Priest, no one should stop you from venting or speaking out. Don't hold back about real life experiences
7. Thou should never harm a child unless you are willing to deal with the pandora's box, for people who write stories set in Ancient times especially, pederastic relationships existed and it was most likely rape in certain contexts with extreme violence (Sparta most definitely).

Those are my rules: I am pretty open minded to a lot of things, but I will not cross certain lines