Words....oh the horrid things.

Even if you don't write, even if you don't like to read, you know that books, fiction, non-fiction, whatever

genre, have words. That's fairly obvious. But what words, my dear reader is essential. My current novel-in-

progress(NIP)  is set in 1700's. With a good dose of Pirates. So problem is, as a Christian, I can't have my

foul mouthed pirates curse. I don't want to set that example, and frankly don't really want to cuss myself.

However, after exhaustive research, I learned people, and most certainly heartless, cold-blooded pirates in

1749 did not say "oh my gosh," or many of the shortcuts so helpful in today's world.  So What am I to do?

Curse or Christ?

I decided on no cursing, but making it known to the reader that Person A is unhappy in a way that uses facial

expressions,  breakable things being broken, and silence treatments. Anything that doesn't stray from their

character but doesn't make the Lord flinch whenever I write an angry scene.

Any thoughts on a clean, angry scene?

Post below :)