[stylist] gay protag

[William L Houts]

HI Attie,

The gay themes in the novel aren't principally what keeps me from 
continuing to market it.  I've become more interested in  my current 
project for a variety of reasons, some artistic, others business 
oriented.  I think I'll come back to the gay novel once I have this one 
under my built and, hopefully, on the shelves of Barnes and Noble, or 
anyway on the servers at Amazon.  However that may be, though, I truly 
appreciate your support.


--Bill





On 3/12/2014 8:31 AM, Atty Rose wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Some agents might be very in to it and there are also GBLT friendly 
> publishers also.
>
> Don't give up on it just cause he or she is gay!
> Timing is everything. There is a huge movement around same sex couples 
> getting rights, and though there are still people who discriminate our 
> society is evolving to higher thinking all the time.
>
> There is a nitch for it and if you search out some of the publishers 
> that accept lesbian and gay lit, some of them don't even require agents.
>
> Write on,
> Atty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William L Houts" <lukaeon at gmail.com>
> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Introduction
>
>
>>
>>
>> HI Thea,
>>
>> No, the first novel is a bit of a train wreck, and has a gay protag 
>> anyway, so I couldn't get agents interested in it.  I think the novel 
>> I'm working on now has a lot more going for it so I'm focusing on 
>> that for the moment.  I read your post about the scam you've lived 
>> through and enjoyed it, if that's the right word.  It made me so 
>> angry, the way most human beings are trusting and trustworthy  while 
>> some few are manipulative vampires.  Your piece is so rich with the 
>> sense of human warmth, as with the people in the restaurant, 
>> contrasted with the scamsters.  I look forward to more of your writing.
>>
>>
>> --Bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/11/2014 8:37 AM, Miss Thea wrote:
>>> Mister Bill, I'm a new kid, too.
>>> Name's Thea, live in Ontario.
>>> Did you get your first novel published?
>>> I don't know if writing if better than the things you mentioned, but 
>>> it comes pretty close.
>>> It's like theater. First, things look like they're never going to 
>>> come through, then after so many re-writes you want to scream, the 
>>> magic happens.
>>> It's like chocolate ice cream you have to make yourself, and wild 
>>> sex between two old married people. It can happen; it just needs 
>>> help. LOL
>>> Thea
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: William L Houts
>>> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 12:24 PM
>>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>> Subject: [stylist] Introduction
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Stylists,
>>>
>>> Just joined the group and it looks very promising;  I'm looking forward
>>> to interesting chats with y'alls.  I write poetry and fiction, and am
>>> currently about midway through my second (as yet unpublished) novel,
>>> which I label as literary fantasy.  I can easily say without feeling
>>> silly that writing, at least on that incredible sleigh ride we 
>>> sometimes
>>> experience where word meets rhythm meets metaphor and you feel like 
>>> your
>>> mind is made of lightning and rainis my favorite thing in the world:
>>> better than chocolate ice cream, better than hot raunchy sex, better
>>> than anything.  IN the meantime, though, I'm looking forward to some
>>> smart sassy talk with some smart sassy new friends. Cheers, everybody.
>>>
>>> --Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
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