Comments for RJ's Talkback Radio http://www.rachelastruc.com Coming at you LIVE from the internet, bringing you the latest slick writes Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Thanks for your support by Scented Nectar http://www.rachelastruc.com/thanks-for-your-support/#comment-326 Scented Nectar Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:32:54 +0000 http://www.rachelastruc.com/?p=263#comment-326 That sucks. I've been enjoying her music a lot again recently on youtube. That sucks. I’ve been enjoying her music a lot again recently on youtube.

]]> Comment on Maybe this writing thing will pay off after all! by Laurie Laliberte http://www.rachelastruc.com/maybe-this-writing-thing-will-pay-off-after-all/#comment-263 Laurie Laliberte Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:14:02 +0000 http://www.rachelastruc.com/?p=244#comment-263 Every writer I know makes more on Amazon than anywhere else. I'd wager they make more on Amazon than all other sites combined. Every writer I know makes more on Amazon than anywhere else. I’d wager they make more on Amazon than all other sites combined.

]]> Comment on Great women in fiction by Glen Murie http://www.rachelastruc.com/great-women-in-fiction/#comment-212 Glen Murie Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:21:49 +0000 http://www.rachelastruc.com/?p=239#comment-212 You might want to check out Tim Pratt's books. He writes pretty good female protagonists. Marla Mason is one of my favorites. You might want to check out Tim Pratt’s books. He writes pretty good female protagonists. Marla Mason is one of my favorites.

]]> Comment on Appealing to the left by Tara http://www.rachelastruc.com/appealing-to-the-left/#comment-137 Tara Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:04:36 +0000 http://www.rachelastruc.com/?p=226#comment-137 I think I've built this comment up too much, now ;) ANYWAY, all I was going to say was that I think it's worth marketing certain minorities. I know several people who will pick up queer novels even if they're outside their usual genre and I'd personally grab a book with at least one queer character over a book <i>without</i> any, provided that they're equal on all other counts. I also think there are a lot of people (usually white) who intentionally seek out books with protagonists who are <I>not</i> white. So there's probably worth in marketing towards those folk as well, provided it doesn't make you want to hit things too much ;) For me, however, it generally comes down to laziness. I love it when I pick up a book and it ends up actually involving characters from diverse backgrounds, but most of the time I end up reading the same old same old and just bitching about it a little when I'm in a particularly feminist/pissed-off-queer kind of mood :D I think I’ve built this comment up too much, now ;)

ANYWAY, all I was going to say was that I think it’s worth marketing certain minorities. I know several people who will pick up queer novels even if they’re outside their usual genre and I’d personally grab a book with at least one queer character over a book without any, provided that they’re equal on all other counts.

I also think there are a lot of people (usually white) who intentionally seek out books with protagonists who are not white. So there’s probably worth in marketing towards those folk as well, provided it doesn’t make you want to hit things too much ;)

For me, however, it generally comes down to laziness. I love it when I pick up a book and it ends up actually involving characters from diverse backgrounds, but most of the time I end up reading the same old same old and just bitching about it a little when I’m in a particularly feminist/pissed-off-queer kind of mood :D

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