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[cleolinda]

Internets, there was a lot of jackassery today. It's kind of impressive.

The Wicked Pretty Things imbroglio: Jessica Verday explained that she was pulling out of the YA anthology because she was asked to make a story with a male/male romance into a male/female romance. No problem with the actual content, violence or language; just make one of the

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[allichaton]

Oohh boy. Looks like Ann Aguirre is pulling out of an entirely different anthology in protest, now.

It'll be interesting to see how far this spreads, and how long it takes the publisher(s) to cave.

[allichaton]

And Seanan McGuire is out of Wicked Pretty Things, too.

[cleolinda]

Oh, wow. I'm also hearing that all the writers on the anthology have been informed of the situation. I'm not specifically expecting every single writer to comment on the situation, but for people who are wondering where the others's responses are--it is the weekend, after all.