tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post8644174308045696795..comments2023-05-24T09:45:52.821-05:00Comments on Title Magic: Flirting with Disaster?Savanna Kougarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-74901668739808128602013-12-27T17:00:55.425-06:002013-12-27T17:00:55.425-06:00Illustrations DO HELP. Like you say, you can avoid...Illustrations DO HELP. Like you say, you can avoid the whole issue of racism. <br /><br />GOOD LUCK! on the Angry Robot open call... wow, what publisher is that? And, yeah, there just might be some fainting going on, alright. <br /><br />And here I was naively hoping for a world where human bigotry went the way of the dinos -- love the dinos, though -- where it was about the content of your character, not the color of your skin as Martin Luther King said... anyhoo, here I am in a world where racism is being intentionally used to divide and conquer. ~not a happy camper~ Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-60607678514042552062013-12-27T14:32:58.945-06:002013-12-27T14:32:58.945-06:00At least shapeshifter vs. human bigotry is still a...At least shapeshifter vs. human bigotry is still alive and well.Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-52333231860078307442013-12-27T14:25:30.417-06:002013-12-27T14:25:30.417-06:00This weekend I'll be subbing an urban fantasy ...This weekend I'll be subbing an urban fantasy to the Angry Robot open call. My main character is Japanese/Latino. The cast includes an Apache hacker who pals around with an underage Jewish witch, and a Catholic priest who betrays humanity by opening a doorway to Hell. Let's see what the editors think of that, after they come to from their faints.Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-31938536541122180402013-12-27T14:21:40.351-06:002013-12-27T14:21:40.351-06:00It would be so much easier if I could use illustra...It would be so much easier if I could use illustrations. In my mind, Devon looks like Sam Winchester with a healthy tan. To someone else he'd look like Denzel Washington. It all starts in people's heads, where you have a hell of a time getting it out.<br /><br />Comic books are easier. In the ELFQUEST comic they had a race of brown-skinned elves who lived in the desert and dressed like Navajos. The pictures (pointed ears and three-fingered hands) made it obvious they weren't human, so the issue of racism never came up.<br /><br />If this book sells, I'll have to ask the cover artist to use a stock pic of a dark white guy and not a black guy because the word "slave" is bound to crop up in the blurb. Just covering my butt here.Pat C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10531462055912377327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850524524995973615.post-19926496501459496772013-12-26T17:17:40.234-06:002013-12-26T17:17:40.234-06:00This racist PC thing has gotten way out of hand, i...This racist PC thing has gotten way out of hand, imo. And, really, get a clue. Slavery has happened since the beginning of recorded history/herstory in about every culture on Earth. African blacks enslaved black people from other tribes, and it's happening right now -- as in current day. Ethnic groups have always enslaved other ethnic groups, no matter the color or race. And, gosh, how many times have men enslaved women? And women enslaved men? Obviously, I'm not advocating slavery, and don't want anything to do with it... except in an erotic love story scenario. I've fought for civil rights and will continue. I believe in freedom for ALL! But, really, people, grow up around this issue of slavery. Get a clue about how the world works now and in the past. <br /><br />btw... the bankster gangsters have enslaved most of us economically... talk about some of the REAL villains in our current-day world. <br /><br />Pat, mucho success in writing your stories, however they turn out. I like the idea of his skin being brown like animal hide, since he's a shifter. I've used that in some of my WIPS. <br /><br />And, if editors don't like it, and you don't want to change the story, self-publish... just put a THIS IS NOT A PC warning at the beginning. I'm doing that with the flash-scene novel I wrote... although, it doesn't have to do with slavery per se... but other touchy issues. After all, no one has to buy it. Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.com