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seanan_mcguire made a post about narrative kinks. Of course, I've got plenty of my own.
Families. Especially chosen families. Stories about established relationships, long-term relationships, married couples (or more than couples). Poly families.
Queer characters. Stories about queer people that aren't about coming out or facing bigotry. Queer protagonists who save the world, or at least their small corner of it. (Though if a story heads into stereotype-ville, I'm outta here.)
Heroic women. Badass women. Especially ones who don't have tragic backstories or hidden depths of softness just waiting for the right man (ick) or for something to bring out their maternal instincts. Women who make the conscious decision not to have kids and don't change their minds the first time they hold a baby. (Or for that matter, a couple that makes the conscious choice to have a child, rather than it being assumed that that's just what everyone does once they're married.) Women who don't feel the need to be nice all the time. Alpha female/beta male pairings.
The ocean. Sailing, and specially the Age of Sail. Pirates. Sea creatures, both real and mythical.
Deadpan snarkers and characters with a dry sense of humor.
Non-Christian characters. Jewish, Wiccan, Muslim, Atheist ... I want to see people who have a different worldview from what is considered culturally "normal" in the U.S.
Smart people. Competent people. They don't have to be good at everything; nobody is. But nothing annoys me more than a "protagonist" who succeeds by luck or because everybody else is even less competent or by sheer authorial fiat.
Egyptology and Egyptologists. Ancient and classical history. Moorish Spain (the Alhambra is on my "bucket list" of places to visit.)
Characters who actually hurt when they are in a fight, even if they win.
Cats. Also dogs, but especially cats. (If the cat is a tortoiseshell or a Siamese, or the dog is a Sheltie or a Pit Bull, so much the better.) Animals that are characters in their own right, but are still animals.
Speaking of cats, Paperback Writer is doing a book giveaway with a twist; for every comment to the entry, she will be donating a dollar (up to $100) to Bideawee animal adoption center.
Yesterday
513 words in the untitled trans young adult steampunk novel.
days: 9
wtd: 2,007
mtd: 7,692
ytd: 181,967
Today
525 words in the untitled trans young adult steampunk novel.
days: 10
wtd: 2,532
mtd: 8,217
ytd: 182,492
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