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anna genoese ([personal profile] alg) wrote2006-06-21 04:07 pm

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Selling Books with GLBTQ Characters

Why can't you sell your "gay" book into the mainstream? Here are some thoughts on it.

[identity profile] duskpeterson.livejournal.com 2006-06-24 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Dusk, starting "One Size Fits All" two years ago: "By Jules Jones. Must be written by a guy."

Dusk, halfway through "One Size Fits All": "Don't know whether the author's a guy or a gal, but they must be a slasher."
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[personal profile] julesjones 2006-06-24 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[snicker] And if I said that there wasn't another version of that story on my hard drive, would you believe me?

I was very surprised to find that erotic romance readers assumed I was a guy, because the default assumption in slash (at least in my fandom) is that a writer is female unless there is good reason to think otherwise.