And now I understand what I've heard a few minority friends say about how much they hated the own voices trend. I'm physically disabled (temporary in theory) but that's basically the last thing I want to write about. I do have a couple of characters with long-term injuries but I can't see it ever being the focus of my writing.
I'm one of those disabled authors (severe arthritis and gout, making it difficult to get around, and I have diabetes). I've seen in bios on agency websites that some agents are actively looking for stories/work from disabled people. However, it seemed to me that they also wanted stories featuring disabled characters written by disabled authors. I haven't written any stories like that. I've written a paranormal romance/humor novel, an action/adventure/suspense book, a MG magic realism story, a nonfiction Math book for elementary school teachers, a SF "space opera" novel, and I'm currently working on an urban fantasy (I have to admit, though, that the bad guy in this last book is a disabled person). Should I identify myself as a disabled/handicapped person in the bio paragraph of my query letters?
Anything that lords a person for an immutable characteristic or for a disability is, deplorable. Especially in a non-physical, solo field there is no reason to treat disabled authors differently from any other authors. It’s just pub companies looking to find a new sticker to throw up as a shield, and marketing material. We matter because of the things we do, and the impact we have on the lives of others.- not because of our injuries, race, or any other immutable characteristic.
I don't think so, because the zeitgeist in the literary and Hollywood/entertainment industry is still centered on motivational porn, rather than telling stories. It is also more strategically sound to live in obscurity, and then front-load your completed works; due to the fluidity around deadlines required with disabled authors and their needs.
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And now I understand what I've heard a few minority friends say about how much they hated the own voices trend. I'm physically disabled (temporary in theory) but that's basically the last thing I want to write about. I do have a couple of characters with long-term injuries but I can't see it ever being the focus of my writing.
Literary publishing houses are the ones I’ve always known to be interested in the stories of disabled authors
I'm one of those disabled authors (severe arthritis and gout, making it difficult to get around, and I have diabetes). I've seen in bios on agency websites that some agents are actively looking for stories/work from disabled people. However, it seemed to me that they also wanted stories featuring disabled characters written by disabled authors. I haven't written any stories like that.
I've written a paranormal romance/humor novel, an action/adventure/suspense book, a MG magic realism story, a nonfiction Math book for elementary school teachers, a SF "space opera" novel, and I'm currently working on an urban fantasy (I have to admit, though, that the bad guy in this last book is a disabled person).
Should I identify myself as a disabled/handicapped person in the bio paragraph of my query letters?
Anything that lords a person for an immutable characteristic or for a disability is, deplorable.
Especially in a non-physical, solo field there is no reason to treat disabled authors differently from any other authors. It’s just pub companies looking to find a new sticker to throw up as a shield, and marketing material.
We matter because of the things we do, and the impact we have on the lives of others.- not because of our injuries, race, or any other immutable characteristic.
I don't think so, because the zeitgeist in the literary and Hollywood/entertainment industry is still centered on motivational porn, rather than telling stories. It is also more strategically sound to live in obscurity, and then front-load your completed works; due to the fluidity around deadlines required with disabled authors and their needs.
"Identify as disabled." 😵💫
Lol yeah, very odd choice of words. There’s no need to tiptoe around it, just say “disabled people”
Are they looking for my story of why, or fiction I've written ?.
you are very great ❤❤❤