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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.

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Date: 2006-06-21 11:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chickwriter.livejournal.com
Word and word and word again. Because everything you said is spot on.

t's just a larger minority than you're used to, which is why it doesn't feel like a minority - I always laugh when I hear things like "but there are so many of us" - yeah, but in the business world of a major publisher - a couple of thousand - not so much.

I said this to you Saturday and I'll say it again - kudos for telling the unvarnished truth. It may not be what people want to hear, but reality is what it is.

Write the best damned book you can.
Be professional.
Don't be an idiot.

A-freakin'-men.

Oh, and yeah - I give thanks every day to folks like Laurell Hamilton, Tanya Huff, Barbara Hambly and Charlaine Harris, who broke ground so I didn't have to.

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