tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post7293979120072775982..comments2023-10-26T07:08:32.738-04:00Comments on <br><br><br>See Heather Write: Tu Publishing - Bringing multicultural awareness to the massesHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18096173111325220168noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-61484693496442294142013-04-23T20:37:47.551-04:002013-04-23T20:37:47.551-04:00interesting post!interesting post!GL Tomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14927131507204092153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-67176735895171533152009-12-03T21:04:54.420-05:002009-12-03T21:04:54.420-05:00I always add some diversity to my writing. It com...I always add some diversity to my writing. It comes naturally to me, I suppose because of where I grew up.<br />I also never really consider race when I'm reading because I'm just so into everything, and my imagination takes over. This also happens with the rest of the character description...sometimes the character I imagine in my head is nothing like the one that's been written on paper!<br />Great post!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07850344847209933016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-80931259373641218232009-12-03T09:51:27.992-05:002009-12-03T09:51:27.992-05:00DIversity is so important in YA/MG literature. I m...DIversity is so important in YA/MG literature. I mean, who doesn't like to read about people who are similar to them when they're growing up. I think part of the problem (at least for us) is that we tend to write about people who we can relate to, unfortunately we happen to be white. We do have lots of multicultural secondary characters, but we're still a little intimidated to try to write from a black, asian, etc POV. What if we totally mucked it up and ended up offending people? But then you read books like The Help that are SO amazing. Great post.lisa and laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144863275895761642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-14856782704450307412009-12-02T11:26:09.338-05:002009-12-02T11:26:09.338-05:00@Karen: Thank you so much for your insightful comm...@Karen: Thank you so much for your insightful comments! I think it's great when multicultural characters are just characters, and their race doesn't have to be an issue. Although race is important, it isn't always everything. I think people forget that when we don't see multicultural characters or biracial relationships happening casually, without making a big deal of it.<br /><br />@Heather: Thanks! That's very sweet of you to say! But since you really are the one who brought it to my attention, I don't think it's fair to say I did better than you!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18096173111325220168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-62008796892011436712009-12-01T23:20:30.995-05:002009-12-01T23:20:30.995-05:00BEAUTIFUL post. Thank you so much Heather! You did...BEAUTIFUL post. Thank you so much Heather! You did a heck of a better job than I did!Heather Zundelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621649337908358313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2762330519599483179.post-42849577548555793542009-12-01T21:34:27.435-05:002009-12-01T21:34:27.435-05:00The story of Liar came to my attention after the c...The story of Liar came to my attention after the cover issue. I read it and loved it and yes, you spend most of the novel wondering if you are being lied to, but it's brilliant. Micah's race isn't all that important and it's not a plot point. She's actually biracial with a black father and a French mother, so the current cover nearly on point. <br /><br />As person of color and a writer, I sometimes think about what people will think of the characters I create. I have lots of different races in my novels. The one I'm currently querying has a while male lead and a black female lead who will eventually be lovers. My book is not about race so I spend little to no time pointing a finger at their races. I can't worry about if people will think that my characters should be black because I'm black. I just have to write the story that I want to write. <br /><br />Great post!Karen Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15154015690643682525noreply@blogger.com