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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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[julesjones]

Surprise, surprise, the readers who assume I'm male have encountered me in the gay world, while the readers who assume I'm female have encountered me in the slash world.

Been there, done that, maybe we should get a teeshirt. :-) Though admittedly the names I write under in slash are gendered, and apparently my gender-neutral pro name isn't as gender-neutral in the US as it is in the UK.

[duskpeterson.livejournal.com]

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."

[julesjones]

[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.