Do you subconsciously give more weight to authors that represent the genre you are reading? By this I mean, male authors writing m/m fiction, female authors writing from a woman's perspective, black authors writing about race issues etc?
Bad boys are more fun... or are they? I've been musing on a set of characters for a short story (damn you for gotterdamerung for more plot bunnies). Normally I don't think too much about it, the boys evolve naturally. I was wondering if it was about time I shook things up a bit and wrote someone outside my comfort zone
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Over on nightporters, otherwise known as my flist who know everything, I asked a question about how to address police officers in America. I think, after a huge discussion, the unanimous answer was - very politely.