[stylist] gay protag

[Applebutter Hill]

This reminds me of a workshop I attended years ago with an agent named Joan
Timberlake, who supports LGBT authors. I wrote a piece about it and
submitted it to Slate & Style, but I don't think it was ever published. It's
been so long that I have no idea what she's up to now, but I liked her.
Donna

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:32 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: [stylist] gay protag

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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