1. Shameless self-promotion here: My Draupadi poem "River of Silk" has been reprinted in Rose Lemberg's anthology The Moment of Change
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1. Congrats! Did you see the review of the book on tor.com? (The reviewer liked your poem.)
You should write more poetry. You know, in the spare time you have none of.
3. I like the book club. When you review a book that you like and sounds as if I would like it, I generally read it, and I imagine other people do as well, but I think the discussion is more interesting if people have read it beforehand rather than trickling in with opinions. (Not that that stops me, as you've seen.)
On the other hand, there's that lack of time thing again. Maybe just do it without trying to keep it on a schedule?
Labeling and removing for offense is a can of worms. Pretty soon every book that more than two people have read would have both a warning for offense and a note that some people don't find it offensive and do find it tremendously positive, and then the notes would become totally meaningless. If you're worried about being offended, get opinions on the matter from people you trust before reading.
If I'm counting correctly, 18 YA sf or fantasy novels with LGBTQ protagonists have been published in the US by large mainstream publishers. That is, 18 in the entire history of publishing.
Of those, 4 are a later book in a series in which the first book or books had a straight protagonist, or a character later revealed to be LGBTQ was not yet out. (You may recall that this was exactly what the Yes Gay YA agent suggested to us, as a sort of bone-throwing: make your main gay character seemingly straight in the first book, and maybe he can come out in later books if the series is successful.)
4 have one LBGTQ character as part of a majority-straight ensemble.
Only 7 have a LGBTQ solo protagonist in which they are clearly LGBTQ in the first book.
(Numbers don't add up due to some books fitting into multiple categories, or other confusing factors.)
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You should write more poetry. You know, in the spare time you have none of.
3. I like the book club. When you review a book that you like and sounds as if I would like it, I generally read it, and I imagine other people do as well, but I think the discussion is more interesting if people have read it beforehand rather than trickling in with opinions. (Not that that stops me, as you've seen.)
On the other hand, there's that lack of time thing again. Maybe just do it without trying to keep it on a schedule?
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3. I will contemplate. I might just make an announcement of what's forthcoming and not set a date.
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SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS!
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My list is only as long as it is because I included titles from extremely small presses and a few which are self-published.
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Of those, 4 are a later book in a series in which the first book or books had a straight protagonist, or a character later revealed to be LGBTQ was not yet out. (You may recall that this was exactly what the Yes Gay YA agent suggested to us, as a sort of bone-throwing: make your main gay character seemingly straight in the first book, and maybe he can come out in later books if the series is successful.)
4 have one LBGTQ character as part of a majority-straight ensemble.
Only 7 have a LGBTQ solo protagonist in which they are clearly LGBTQ in the first book.
(Numbers don't add up due to some books fitting into multiple categories, or other confusing factors.)
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http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/06/intersectional-feminist-diverse-the-moment-of-change-edited-by-rose-lemberg
ETA: Alternatively I should read the comments before posting, heh ^^
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