The book that I've been trying to get published for the past three years is still nothing more than a bunch of word documents on my computer. IMHO, it's some of the very best writing I've ever done. I've been pretty stubborn about the fact that I MUST include the chapters that show gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered sex in the same book as the straight stories because I want ALL people of color to feel validation, to see themselves in a postive sexual light. Would you buy a book of erotic stories and photography if it included 10 chapters of images you found arousing and one or two chapters that you weren't aroused by? I'd love to know your opinion.
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I personally don't have a problem with gay, transgendered...whatever. Love is love. Lust is lust. That being said, I would like to think that other people feel the same as I do, bu I know that is not true. There is an audience out there, but it is not one that the traditional publishing community acknowledges.
The responses have been across racial and gender lines. Women are supportive. White men are beyond supportive. Black men have almost all said that they wouldn't buy a book with "fag stuff". It seems that black masculinity is seemingly so fragile that looking at a picture of a naked male will cause a brotha to turn gay.
If the book was from any other author I would say absolutely not. Because I've read your blog and I feel like I know about you and your intentions I don't have a problem. But If I'm in a book store and I see a book from someone I don't know and and I know those types of stories are in the book, no go. When I buy your book I'm going to read it once while marking the pages so the next time I read it I can skip those stories.
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