Last year, there was an outcry over a YA anthology that was prohibiting same-sex stories. There were a LOT of posts about it on the internet. There were a lot of authors who got up in arms and dropped out of not only that anthology, but an anthology being edited by the same editor, an anthology that I was writing for.
In the end, what ended up happening was that the anthology lost half its line up and the editor was removed from the project. We got a new editor, and a new line-up (an AMAZING line up, if I say so myself), and the publisher pledged to donate the proceeds to a homeless shelter for LGBT youth. The new anthology includes several LGBT stories. I’ve read them, they’re great.
And the internet? Is silent.
Signal boosting in the vague hope that more people will learn that there’s an LGBT-friendly anthology of YA dystopian romance out there and purchase it, because that increases the chances of there being another one. And because I love anthologies.
[Above link goes into a longer write-up.]
HOLY SHIT WHAT YA DYSTOPIAN ROMANCE WHAT
WHAT
WHAT
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I definitely want to check out this anthology
I bought this yesterday, and it arrives on Monday.
ooooh never heard of it but yes good
Sadly, I only know what’s put in front of me. What does it say that things going terribly shows up so much more often...
Straight to my amazon wishlist.
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