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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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Re: I'm so glad you're doing this

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Hi--interesting discussion! I'm another woman who writes gay romance (in my case, historicals). Like Laura, I'm published by a small gay press, Seventh Window, in Rhode Island. The publisher is fine with me being a woman, but did ask (not insist) that I publish under my initials so as not to put off gay male readers who might have a prejudice against reading gay romance by women.

So far, my fan mail is slightly skewed towards women readers (about 60-40), but that might be in part because they're more likely to write letters. I think it surprised my publisher that there's a female market for gay romance, and with my second book maybe we'll do more to try to tap it.

Anyway, if anyone wants to check out my stuff, my web site is http://marlyspearson.com, and if you have any questions about my experience, feel free to ask.

--MJ Pearson (author, THE PRICE OF TEMPTATION, DISCREET YOUNG GENTLEMAN)