[stylist] gay protag

[Miss Thea]

Bridgit, have you discovered "The L Word"?
A straight friend of mine described it as "Paton Place for lesbians."
Most of the series is love scenes. Well, maybe not love, at least not 
always, but you get my drift.
Thea

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 11:58 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] gay protag

Yes, and gay main characters are becoming more and more acceptable and
common place. There's still a lot to do with gay rights, but strides
have been taken, and you may find more publishers nowadays accepting of
a gay character than even five years ago.

I've read quite a bit of novels lately with gay characters, though
admitedly not main characters, though they were important characters
nonetheless. And film and TV are displaying more and more gay
characters. No laughing, but one of my guilty pleasures is the soap
General Hospital, and there are a couple of gay characters on the show
who are main players. And a week or two ago, there was a love scene
between two gay characters, so that's pretty monumental.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Atty Rose
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:32 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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