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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

CHRISTIAN, CLEAN OR GENERAL FICTION?

 By Patricia Bradley


I'm getting ready for a writing retreat with fourteen other romantic suspense writers in the Great Smoky Mountains, and so I thought I'd ask what type of fiction your prefer and share your answers with my writer friends: Christian, clean or general fiction.

I hesitated to tell you my preference since I didn't want to influence you, but you would probably figure it out since it's what I write. Or not. This is from someone who has always read almost anything, even the backs of cereal boxes when I was a kid (haven't grown up yet, either). 

And the answer is...I read all of the above, but I prefer Christian or clean. I usually only read general fiction when I'm doing research and I know the author had done their work...like for Deadly Revenge. I needed to research how to blow up a dam so I read Wet Desert: Tracking Down a Terrorist on the Colorado River by Gary Hansen, a general fiction book. Boy, did I learn a lot about dams and how to blow them up! And it was an interesting book.

Okay, Suspense readers, which do you prefer and why (If you don't mind saying so)? Leave your answers in the comments along with your contact information and I'll enter you in a drawing for Deadly RevengeYou can click on the graphic below to read about it.


 

 

 

9 comments:

  1. general
    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

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  2. I like both.
    dianah7272 at gmail dot com

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  3. Christian,clean mysteries with a bit of humor! Thanks,Mark (chicowill57@aol.com)

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  4. Christian and clean, but I already have the book and read it 3x
    Barbara Diggs

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  5. Carlienpeens@gmail.comAugust 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM

    I prefer Christian. After years of reading "smut" the Lord got ahold of me about it. Now, I like my faith to be stirred by what I read. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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  6. I prefer Christian. I’m grateful that God can use the gifts of the writer to bless me and teach me more about Him.

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