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   Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) to Shawn Wilson   
   Re: Need alternative to "demon"   
   28 Oct 15 13:55:47   
   
   From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 10/28/15 1:52 PM, Shawn Wilson wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 4:05:34 PM UTC-7, Jymesion wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> A couple of issues, though. They want family-friendly books, so the   
   >> sex has to go (minor -- edits already done), and two characters being   
   >> demons and two more being devils worries them because of the whole   
   >> demonology thing.   
   >>   
   >> I really don't have a problem with calling them something else because   
   >> they aren't stereotypical demons.   
   >>   
   >> I just don't know what to substitute.   
   >   
   >   
   > My recommendations-   
   >   
   > Faery   
   >   
   > Fae   
      
      
   	Oh, I think Shawn may have it. The Fae/Faerie/Fair Folk have many   
   perilous reputations so having the "I thought they were scary and   
   dangerous but they're not so bad" bit works, and the elemental   
   associations work too.   
      
      
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