Signal Boost: Say Yes To Gay YA

[chomiji]

"We are published authors who co-wrote a post-apocalyptic young adult novel. When we set out to find an agent for it, we expected to get some rejections. But we never expected to be offered representation… on the condition that we make a gay character straight, or cut him out altogether ... ."

Read the rest of Rachel Manija Brown's and Sherwood Smith's article about their experience at the Publisher's Weekly-hosted blog Genreville ... or, if you want to discuss it in more familiar surroundings, check Rachel's post on LJ or DW.