Tag: Queer Fiction
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TikTok Readers Stealing from Authors, Amazon’s Shady E-Book Return Policy, and more…
Finally, a Novel That Gets the Internet Right (Wired) The Novelist takes place over a single morning, following an unnamed writer as he faffs around on social media while his girlfriend sleeps in their apartment; he occasionally fiddles with novels in progress in Google Docs. That’s it. The first 16 pages describe the protagonist looking at Twitter in […]
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Kindle Vella, LGBTQ Publishing, Janelle Monae’s Debut Fiction…
An evening with Kindle Vella: First impressions of Amazon’s new attempt to reimagine reading (GeekWire) The serialized story is a mainstay of the literary world, a tried-and-true formula for creating a tantalizing tale, from opening hook to closing cliffhanger. But it’s the rare author who can keep readers engrossed in a narrative when the unparalleled […]
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Writers and Agents, Queer Sci-Fi, and more!
‘I’m Easily Bored by Books,’ Says Writer of 22 Novels (NY Times) “I like to pretend that I’m the most attention deficit disordered person I’m ever going to meet,” Prose said. “I’m very conscious of keeping the reader’s interest. And I’m easily bored — I’m easily bored by books, I hate to say. And so […]
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On Eve and the Faders: A Conversation with the Authors
On January 9th, my co-author (Lornett B. Vestal) and I celebrated the release of our new novel, Eve and the Faders. This virtual launch included an Author Q&A, readings from the book, and more. Watch the short video below if you missed it! Eve and the Faders officially hit stores on January 1, 2021. If […]
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Black Authors, Queer Nigerian Fiction, and more…
Publishers want more black authors. Why have they silenced us for so long? (The Guardian) It is taken for granted that would-be writers will know what a literary agent is. But most have no idea how to structure a book proposal, or where to send it. This information is possessed by those in the know, […]
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Queer Literature, Black British Writers, and more…
What happened to Britain’s black avant-garde fiction writers? (Independent) Why did it take me so long to learn of Margaret Busby, who, 40 years after these figures, became the first black woman and youngest publisher in Britain, and whose recent New Daughters of Africa shows black women writers in Britain well before the arrival of the Windrush generation. […]
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Racism in Romance Fiction and more…
In Defence of Young Adult Fiction (The Boar) The problem with being forced to read classics was that it took away all the enjoyment I found in reading. I could no longer read for pleasure and instead found that everything I was reading was either for my personal statement or related to one of my […]
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Harry Potter turns 20, Queer South Asian Fiction, and more…
It’s Pride Month, and here are five queer South Asian speculative stories to raise a toast (Scroll.in) The speculative fiction community has progressed right along, and it’s hard to find a science fiction or fantasy story these days that is openly homophobic in its plot or insinuation. And it’s not only the foreign or white […]
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#ThingsOnlyWomenWritersHear, Queer Graphic Novels, and more…
How a self-published author inspired by Stephen King knocked his idol from the top spot on Amazon (CNBC) It was King who first inspired Jones to try writing. “He was, I think, probably the single reason that I started writing, to be honest,” Jones tells CNBC. “He’s definitely a role model.” So it felt almost surreal […]
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