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Writers?

topic posted Mon, September 3, 2007 - 6:27 PM by  Mike 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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Hello,


I'm a literary agent. A new one. A black one. I adore Urban Fantasy (among other slices of the SF/F persuasion) but i don't recall seeing any UF written by black writers, with lead black characters.


So, anyone feel like writing one or two novel length ones and sending them my way?
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  • Deva...
    Devastator Jr.
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    Re: Writers?

    09/04
    Ha! It just so happens I'm working on one right now, a science fiction novel featuring a black teenager as the main character, so stay tuned.
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    • Mike
      Mike
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      Re: Writers?

      09/04
      SF is good. But i actually want an urban fantasy, its the hot market right now and the place to go to get black lead characters into print.
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      • Fred
        Fred
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        Re: Writers?

        11/15
        That's kind of sad ... if it's one thing we need less of ... it's "Fantasy." (Yeah ... I know how SF and simular genres can sneak some truths in before the a reader's normal defenses would block them out ... but still .... 'follks are SooOOoooo brain washed right now ... and so ungrounded ... that the awe they really seek is spiritual ... and they're looking in every pond 'cept those which quench what they're really thirsty for.

        Sad.
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        • Heretic
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          Re: Writers?

          04/01
          "Sad"? Like any literary genre, fantasy and science fiction have their great works and their pulp. What you condemn are the dreams of the modern age. It is no accident that when the first space shuttle was wheeled out for it's first public appearance, NASA presented it while playing the theme to Star Trek. Most programmers my age have read books from the Cyberpunk science fiction genre such as Neuromancer.

          I think you may be putting the cart before the horse. Successful books typically capture a public mood; they don't create it. They require the fertile soil of the zeitgeist in order to grow in stature and recognition. It also seems to me that you are confusing dreams with spirituality. Dreams are an alternate reality, while spirituality transcends the material. The pursuit of a dream, and the potential for "brain washing" is not the same as seeking spiritual enlightenment.


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