Review: THE WAITING TREE
The Waiting Tree by Lindsay Moynihan Every teenager on the planet deals with it -- Drama. School drama, family drama, relationship drama, and it's all dramatic. But in the debut novel The Waiting Tree by Lindsay Moynihan, Simon Peters's [...]
If Only There Were a Gay Version of…
I recently read Ask the Passengers by A.S. King. Before I’d even finished, I knew it was that book for me ― the book I wished I’d had as a teen. The book that would [...]
Guest Blog: Kelly York
Recently, fellow author and friend, Brigid Kemmerer and I were discussing how we’ve both gotten some reviews on our books that included something along the lines of: “I hadn’t realized there was gay material in [...]
FML
by: Shaun Hutchinson Books have come a long way when it comes to gay characters. About A year ago I read John Donovan's book, I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. Written in [...]
The N-Word vs. The F-Word
Q: Which is worse, being called a ’nigger’ or a ‘faggot’? 1. Rehearsal was late that night, 10 pm on a Saturday night in Georgetown. I had only one line in the play, but I [...]
Guest Blog: Kenneth Creech
Guest Blog series part 3 of 3 This week I wanted to take my blog post in a different direction than the last two have gone and talk about everyone’s favorite subject, sex. I say [...]
Author Guest Blog: Brittany Fonte
I am often asked where I get my ideas for my books. I am not Stephenie Meyer; as lovely as it would be, I do not have dreams that direct my writing, word for word. [...]
Normal’s Overrated: On Being a Lesbian YA Author and Completely Not Normal
By: Sarah Deimer I'm twenty, at a party with people mostly older than me. Everyone's drinking around the bonfire, and I'm sipping my glass of water, talking and laughing, mostly about ridiculous, nerdy things. It's [...]
Guest Post: Kenneth Creech
by: Kenneth Creech Last week in my post about The New LGBTQ Teenager I explored the topic of characters that are gay for a purpose, or gay to fit in. This week I wanted [...]
Author Guest Blog: Diversity in YA
Originally published on Loup Dargent as "QUILTBAG Protagonists in SF/F YA literature." Reposted on YAtopia, March 16, 2013. There is a lack of diversity in young adult fiction especially when it comes to QUILTBAG characters [...]