----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Ragan ragan@sdc.org

IMO, there are quite a number of stories in "ttba" that, while totally unacceptable for a "gen" zine are definitely not calculated to appeal to those specifically looking for erotica. Which can create quite a dilemma, I think, for a writer who's looking to get her story out to the appropriate target audience.

The "ghettoization" of slash does bother me a little bit, actually, because it lumps a drama- or action- based story in which it's mentioned in passing that Avon is sexually interested in Blake, say, in with a highly explicit piece of PWP erotica.

Perhaps (like with threads on Lysator?) the answer is specialisation: further subdividing zines into gen (frivolous, serious or mixed) and slash (PWP, serious, or mixed)?

Shane

"You can't trust anyone nowadays, can you?" --Avon