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Annette Gisby
That is a tough one! But I think I would have to go with Alec and Seregil from the Nightrunner Series by Lynn Flewelling. I love both of those characters and they seem so well suited to each other. Those were one of the first mainstream books I'd read that had LGBT characters in it and that the main pairing was two men did not diminish the story in the slightest. It was a world where all pairings were accepted.
They both go through so much heartache and angst, but they always come back strong, and crucially for me, they tackle things together. I would really love to read more about them, but I think that series is finished for now.
They both go through so much heartache and angst, but they always come back strong, and crucially for me, they tackle things together. I would really love to read more about them, but I think that series is finished for now.
Annette Gisby
Hi, J
The Chosen was written primarily as a romance between two male characters, so I have always promoted it as that and as a gay m/m romance book.
In another novel I have, one of the side characters is a lesbian, but I haven't mentioned that anywhere that I can think of, but it appeared on a list about books with LGBT characters somwhere, so someone must know about it. :)
Hmm. I've read various fantasy and thrillers, where the main characters happened to be gay and love or romance played a part as well, but it wasn't necessarily mentioned in the blurb. Richard Morgan's fantasy series starting with The Steel Remains has 3 main characters, 1 gay male, 1 straight male, and 1 lesbian woman. Nowhere was that mentioned in the blurb as far as I remember.
You could add at the bottom of your blurb something like LGBT friendly and leave it at that. If it's not a romance genre book, I don't think you'd need to be any more explicit than that. A lot of people like to see the LGBT label, even if it isn't a romance as they like to read books that contain diverse characters.
The Chosen was written primarily as a romance between two male characters, so I have always promoted it as that and as a gay m/m romance book.
In another novel I have, one of the side characters is a lesbian, but I haven't mentioned that anywhere that I can think of, but it appeared on a list about books with LGBT characters somwhere, so someone must know about it. :)
Hmm. I've read various fantasy and thrillers, where the main characters happened to be gay and love or romance played a part as well, but it wasn't necessarily mentioned in the blurb. Richard Morgan's fantasy series starting with The Steel Remains has 3 main characters, 1 gay male, 1 straight male, and 1 lesbian woman. Nowhere was that mentioned in the blurb as far as I remember.
You could add at the bottom of your blurb something like LGBT friendly and leave it at that. If it's not a romance genre book, I don't think you'd need to be any more explicit than that. A lot of people like to see the LGBT label, even if it isn't a romance as they like to read books that contain diverse characters.
Annette Gisby
For some reason, a blank computer screen is more daunting to me than a piece of paper. So if I'm stuck and the words just aren't flowing, I have to be away from the computer screen. I go and do something else - maybe go for a walk, listen to some music, do a bit of housework until I get a bit more inspiration. Then, I'll start writing things down in a notebook and the next day, I don't have blank screen to fill, I fill it with the things I'd written the day before and can continue on from there.
Annette Gisby
So many things. I tend to have lots of projects on the go at once and it takes me a while to get settled on one thing. But if I don't finish, then no one will get to read it :)
Annette Gisby
Read, read, read and then read some more. You won't enjoy writing if you don't enjoy reading :)
Reading good book will inspire you and hope that you can write as well some day, and bad books can be good too - can you do better?
Reading good book will inspire you and hope that you can write as well some day, and bad books can be good too - can you do better?
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