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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Edit to add: I've read several novels about gay men written by actual gay men. Some of them were very good. But those works are few and far between. I guess there just aren't enough gay male writers to compete with thousands of those suburban moms.
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Or they are being choked out of the market.
My experience comes from a group of gay authors whose work was rejected by Dreamspinner and a few of the other big (relatively speaking) gay romance publishers because their work didn't fit the demands of the formula needed to satisfy their straight female audience*.
Of course, they can go indie. But there is something off to me about a company that specializes in publishing gay fiction rejecting books by gay authors, not because of their quality, but because it doesn't satisfy the wants of their non-gay audience.
It feels a bit like the old minstrel shows.
*This is via a Goodreasd grooup that is private as they have been harassed for pointing out it would be better if the gay fiction market were more representative.