[stylist] lgbt and NFB

[Atty Rose]

And you won't.

We weren't even allowed to announce where our unofficial group was meeting 
at the convension.

We weren't allowed to have a email list either and still aren't.

For a group that talks about equal rights they are blind to what that 
actually means.

Atty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Miss Thea" <thearamsay at rogers.com>
To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] gay protag


> You know, I half-thought I'd run into an LGBT division of the NFB, but 
> never did.
> Thea
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Applebutter Hill
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 5:27 PM
> To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [stylist] gay protag
>
> 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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>>
>>           --Jane Siberry
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