Publishing People

Interview: Claire Kann, author of Let’s Talk About Love

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:10-05:00September 26th, 2017|Categories: Author Interview, New Releases, Publishing People|Tags: asexual, Black, Intersectionality, PoC|

Alice had her whole summer planned. Non-stop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV show. The only thing missing from her plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice told her she's asexual). Alice is done with dating—no thank you, do not pass go, stick a fork in her, done. But when Alice meets Takumi and she can’t stop thinking about him or the rom com-grade romance feels she did not ask for, her blissful summer takes an unexpected turn. Claire Kann is the author of the forthcoming novel Let’s Talk About Love, which comes out January 23, [...]

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Even a Little is a Lot: Asexual Representation in YA

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:17-05:00December 16th, 2016|Categories: Author Guest Blog, New Releases, Publishing People, Writers on Writing|Tags: asexual, Dystopia, Speculative|

Asexuality in YA Series: Day #5 Previous Posts: Representing the Asexual Experience by Tabitha O'Connell | My Kind of Normal | What’s So Important About Ace Representation? by Kazul Wolf | Navigating the In-Between: Demisexuality in YA Lit by Dill Werner | Introduction: Asexuality in YA Series by Vee S. The future always seemed bright, but it turns out that was just global warming. Meals don’t come in pills, shoes don’t lace themselves, and there are flying cars, but the gas mileage sucks. There is one difference. People have always searched the internet for answers. Now they actually worship it. Pen Nowen’s father [...]

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The Room Where It Happens

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:19-05:00November 16th, 2016|Categories: Guest Blogs, Publishing People|Tags: Representation, Trans|

Trans Awareness Week: Day #2 Previous Posts: Trans Stories Are Human Stories by April Daniels, Center Trans Voices: Introduction to Trans Awareness Week Series by Vee S.) by Parrish Turner With each new “trans book,” I hold my breath as I read over the summaries and quotes which litter the pages. Without fail, I will see the words “dark secret,” “eye-opening,” or “change the way you think.” I find myself disappointed every time. The fact is, trans people are still seen as a mysterious other. Through many people’s hard work, we are just starting to see books about transgender [...]

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Gay YA Agent Spotlight #4: Susan Graham

By Katie|2020-03-28T13:40:30-05:00October 27th, 2016|Categories: Publishing People|Tags: agent interview, agent spotlight, publishing, querying, trends|

Today on our Agent Spotlight series we have Susan Graham from Einstein Literary! Susan shares some great information in this interview and we were thrilled to have her! (And it's always fun to find agents who identify on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum and who are seeking LGBTQIA+ middle grade, hint hint, querying writers!) Hello! Thank you for participating in our Agent Spotlight series! We're excited to have you. Can you tell us how you got started agenting? This question feels a bit surreal since I just started taking on projects in the last few months after a few years [...]

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Gay YA Agent Spotlight! #3 – Brent Taylor

By Katie|2020-03-28T13:40:30-05:00October 20th, 2016|Categories: Publishing People|Tags: agent interview, agent spotlight, brent taylor, querying, upcoming trends|

Today on our Agent Spotlight series we have Brent Taylor from Triada US Literary Agency! Brent's got some serious storytelling power all of his own in this interview! 1. Hello! Thank you for participating in our Agent Spotlight series! We're excited to have you. Can you tell us how you got started agenting? Hello! Thank you for doing this wonderful series and for having me. I started interning for literary agents in 2011 and spent about three years soaking up as much information about the industry as I could. In the summer of 2014, I joined Triada US [...]

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Gay YA Agent Spotlight! #2 – Jim McCarthy

By Katie|2020-03-28T13:40:30-05:00October 13th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Publishing People|Tags: agent interview, agent spotlight, interview, jim mccarthy, querying, upcoming trends|

Welcome to our new series, Gay YA Agent Spotlight! Every Thursday, we'll be interviewing one agent about upcoming trends in LGBTQIA+ YA and MG, what they currently represent, and what they're looking for. 1. Hello! Thank you for participating in our Agent Spotlight series! We're excited to have you. Can you tell us how you got started agenting? Mine’s a bit of an unusual story. I had completed my freshman year at NYU and already blown through all the money I had saved for college (NYC is EXPENSIVE), so I needed a job stat. I sent out 40 [...]

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Gay YA Agent Spotlight! #1: Jennifer Johnson-Blalock

By Katie|2020-03-28T13:40:30-05:00October 6th, 2016|Categories: Publishing People|Tags: agent interview, agent spotlight, interview, querying, upcoming trends|

Hello, friends! Welcome to a new feature here at GayYA! Every Thursday for the next couple of months, we'll have an interview with an agent about LGBTQIA+ books they're reading, ones they rep, what they want in their inbox, and where they see LGBTQIA+ YA and MG going in the next few years. I'm THRILLED to kick off this interview series with Jennifer Johnson-Blalock with Liza Dawson Associates. Jennifer Johnson-Blalock, agent with Liza Dawson Associates 1. Hi, Jennifer! Thank you for participating in our Agent Spotlight series! We're excited to have you. Can you tell us [...]

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4 Wishes for YA F/F Romance

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:37-05:00June 20th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Publishing People|Tags: Queer Girls, Representation|

by Kate Brauning I want to talk about nuance. I want to talk about sexy, and imperfection, and happily ever after. I want to talk about being a bisexual editor (and author) of queer YA and why every book I acquire is inclusive in some way, but I’m still looking for That F/F YA Romance. Or you know, twelve of them. The YA queer fiction I’m receiving right now is amazing. I’ve had the honor of acquiring several outstanding YAs centering queer characters, and had to pass on many more that were just wonderful but not for me. [...]

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Editing Diversity in Chile – Part 2

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:38-05:00June 15th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs, Publishing People|Tags: Bisexual, international, Latin@, Representation|

by Daniela Cortés del Castillo I’ve already covered the challenges I’ve faced at Loba Ediciones when trying to publish diversely. Now I’d like to speak briefly about what happens when I change my hat and become an editor working with an author. Editing with intersectional feminism in mind is not easy. You carry around a lot of theoretical baggage that you need to use, but can also spoil the trip. I don’t want to become so pedagogical that I ruin a perfectly good story. Early on, I had to decide on a strategy, something that would allow me to [...]

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Publishing Diversity in Chile – Part 1

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:38-05:00June 14th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Blogathon 2016, Guest Blogs, Publishing People|Tags: Intersectionality, Latin@|

by Daniela Cortés del Castillo I thought about writing this guest post about my experiences as a young reader and how, as a teenager, there were no kidslikeme in the books I read, and how fantastic and helpful for my sense of self it would have been if there were. Now, all of these things are true, but it’s a topic that has been covered many times before (on this blog and elsewhere) by people who are much more eloquent than I. Therefore, I’d like to focus this post on something that, albeit a tad less interesting, might [...]

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