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14 September 2011 07:25 amI wish I could write up more on this, but I haven't got the words. So:
Signal boost: Collaborators attempt to get representation for what ought to be have been an easy sell, a kick-ass apocalyptic young adult novel. One problem: a viewpoint character is gay. Go, read, and see why that this is a problem is a problem. Note that it's not even that publishers are rejecting or "straighten" books with gay characters -- it's agents also, so that editors who might be open to them aren't even seeing them. Systemic issues -- they affect the whole system.
Say #YesGayYA.
---L.
Signal boost: Collaborators attempt to get representation for what ought to be have been an easy sell, a kick-ass apocalyptic young adult novel. One problem: a viewpoint character is gay. Go, read, and see why that this is a problem is a problem. Note that it's not even that publishers are rejecting or "straighten" books with gay characters -- it's agents also, so that editors who might be open to them aren't even seeing them. Systemic issues -- they affect the whole system.
Say #YesGayYA.
---L.