Didn't know this, thanks for sharing

Sounds fun though

Every person, and every organization, with even the weakest functioning moral compass, should have left three years ago.

Leaving X is long overdue.

There's a lot of these scams floating around at the moment 😑 AI not just stealing our work, it's also trying to steal our money.

I don't think the majority of people working in US publishing are bigots or homophobes. I do think they're a bunch of quisling cowards, if they throw queer rep under the bus when it becomes politically inconvenient and stops making them money.

My wonderful UK publishers, in contrast, were happy (i.e. fucking delighted) to publish the exact same manuscript with a few cosmetic changes and minor structural edits. It's out in June. Which shows just how 'unpublishable' it was 😑

When I refused to make the edits, they tore up the contract (after wasting my time for three years by repeatedly shooting down my ideas for new books)

Weirdly they were fine with sapphic romance and lesbian sex scenes, which...says a lot about which forms of queerness are seen as palatable and non-threatening, to an imagined American readership?

They didn't outright tell me to cut the queer scenes, but the chapters they wanted me to cut were the ones that just-so-happened to include explicit m/m sex scenes (they also include Lancelot beating up a bunch of cops, which might be another factor).

Ah this will be why Ballantine dropped me like a sack of potatoes when I refused to cut down on queer content in my second book 🙃

Absolutely

(This post brought to you by an author cleaning his bathroom when he'd rather be writing)

Thank you Robin for this very kind and thoughtful review. I'm glad Perilous Times resonated with you.

Do we think Crack-brain Court is where the finest young minds of the city can be found, or is it where you're liable to get your brains cracked out if you go there in the dark

I'm very proud of THE KNIGHT WATCH, and I hope you enjoy reading it. I'll share the pre-order link (and the beautiful cover) as soon as I can.