we need diverse books – Question of Smoke

constantlyhalfcocked:

aughtpunk:

Today a traditionally published author emailed me a list of helpful suggestions about getting published.

Their biggest piece of advice: Remove the main gay romance that is central to the plot.

Thread.

I have had that back from a couple of agents and one publisher. My stuff is either not gay enough (read: not a romance/ erotica) or too gay (read: has queer people).