![]() ![]() Within a story, the main character (usually, hopefully) becomes someone you identify with, love, struggle with every moment they struggle. And not everyone is going to know a gay person, and last I checked, we’re not heading out on a campaign with a slogan of “A GAY IN EVERY HOUSE.” (If we are, why am I always the last to know about these things? D)Ī book is something that becomes personally important. They didn’t care because they didn’t know. That’s not true for everyone, but it’s an important trend to notice. ![]() People have admitted to me before that they never cared about gay rights, or even thought about gay issues, because they didn’t know anyone who was gay. When you see the gay rights struggle on the news, it’s often easy to relegate the GLBT to a small counter culture that’s not immediately relevant to you, or even important. Not just my book, or maybe not even my book–but straight people need to read gay books. To which I respond, yes, straight people absolutely need to read it. When sharing my happiness for the book release, I get the shifting from foot to foot, the nervous tapping of the fingers together, and–if they’re brave–the person will ask me the following question: ![]() I just released my debut novel, The Dark Wife, which comes out of the closet immediately when I tell you what it’s about: a YA, lesbian retelling of the Persephone/Hades myth. ![]()
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