Next Up, Day 2 Of #authorlifemonth Author Photos!!! If You Jump To My Sister's Account @dos_twinjas You
Next up, Day 2 of #authorlifemonth Author photos!!! If you jump to my sister's account @dos_twinjas you will learn that our pen name #gltomas is actually a shared one, since we're a team of writers so work collectively on projects we thought, oh what the hell? Why not just combine our pen name. Since I'm the first born we battled on putting L first, but mutually decided that G.L. sounded better than L.G. Since its a cell phone brandđđđ I basically just screenshot her postđcuz I'm lazy like that. But love this picture since it was our first time on the West Coast. Plus it was months before we big chopped. I think we chould get another one with our beautiful natural hair, objections? Hehe Thanks to the lovely @missdahlelama for hosting this event. Everyday I look forward to Everyone's post. Lurking on the hash tag like a stalker!đ€
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Why Book Reviews Matter! Part Two-The Financial Side
Why Book Reviews Matter! Part Two-The Financial Side
Okay so *cracks knuckles*.
We promised weâd make a post about how both retailer site reviews help on the creative side and another on the financial side of things. Both are and should be important because, letâs face it, writing isnât all about creativity and entertainment, itâs also a business and a ton of writers make their livings off writing alone.
There are tons of reasons why reviews impactâŠ
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romanticize black girls.
donât we deserve the fairytale ending too?
I was wondering what kind of female black characters do people want to see more of? Like, them being soft or selfish?
Black Girls & Women: Representation We Want
As a Black woman reader, I definitely want to see more soft Black girls and women in literature. Girls with their own self-interests (caring about oneself isnât necessarily selfish) and not always someone elseâs caregiver is great too.
Hereâs my list!
More Black girls...
In love
With close family bonds and healthy relationships and support systems (that donât require enduring abuse, fixing their partner, or overall emotional labor to earn domestic happiness)
Being protected
As main characters, heroines and anti-heroes
On adventures
In fantasy and magical settings
In historical settings as peasants, upper-class society, and royalty
Descriptions of Black Afro hair, skin, features as a normal thing in books (see this compilation) and not in an Othering way
On the other hand, vibrant, sometimes hyped up descriptions that allude to their beauty (see this ask. Or this one). Not Othering, just appreciating!Â
Put us in fancy dresses and give us a sword and let us dance at the balls and have admirers!
Experiencing complex emotions not necessarily in reaction to racism or racist violence
On the book cover! And with an accurate, not light or white-washed model
~Mod Colette
Responses:
@madamef-er
Soft black girls and nerd girls who like cute things.Â
Shy black girls not just in situations with boys.Â
More lgbtqia+ black girls. Studs! Femmes!Â
Gender fluid and non conforming constantly changing their style because they like it!
Spies and not just as the 'sexy bait' or 'weapons master' let us sit behind the computer for once and be hackers and stuff
@tanlefan
Black girls who are just...people.
I want a fantasy escapism adventure that isn't a thinly veiled discussion on slavery or racism or any other aspect of The Struggle. I am tired.Â
Can I just have a happy Black girl who believes in fairies or something?
@esmeraldanacho-1776 More autistic Black women/girls! I don't care what genre really; just have them in there!
@briarsthicket And enby black people!
@mattiekins
Def soft black girls.Â
Energetic and playful.Â
Or shy and quiet.
I want to see more black girls who are nerds and not just mommy mommying or nanny nannying everyone.Â
I want black girls who want to be a ballerina, or a talk show host, or a game designer etc.Â
I want a black girl who gets to be happy.Â
Who doesn't have to act older than she is and be the shoulder for everyone, always.
@xiiishadesofgrey
I want more black lady nerds, if weâre talking modern settings! Â
More black ladies who have a sporty/playful nature!Â
Who arenât afraid to get dirty and make chaos, without being dirty or frowned upon!
Strange as it sounds coming from me, more black princesses! Brandy as Cinderella in the 90s was my first Cinderella, and I LOVE that.
Please, god, more black wlws.
@daintythoughtswritersblock
I want to see tropes exercisedÂ
Black women of all shades and tones
@hazelnut4370
Tbh just fellow black people being happy, like I rarely see that,
Or enjoying hobbies
rivergoddessdream
Happily childless black women
Black women traveling the world
Fat black women in happy, healthy, poly relationships
Black cis and trans women having a true sisterhood
Autistic black women
Black women in period pieces that aren't about slavery and don't take place in the US
Black women thespians
Black women painters
Black women revolutionaries
Black women front and center in the narrative
Black women healers and storytellers
Non christian Black women stories
Black women rockers
#complicated black women characters #tell those stories
@missnancywrites
More Black Girls...
With diverse cultural and social backgrounds!
That are nerdy, girly, intelligent, ditzy, all the personality types that white girls in literature get!
That are fragile, shy or anxious. Almost every single black woman Iâve seen in media or otherwise are wise and adult. Let us be an absolute wreck, or an anxious mess!
In science! Characters like Shuri, Moon Girl and Iron Heart in Marvel revitalized me, cuz young black girls only get two types. Both these girls are in intellectual and in science, but have bery different personalities.
In interracial relationships, and not because they hate black men or something along those lines. They just happen to be dating outside their race, black women get hate for that in real life and itâs unfair. Let us have relationships outside our race! That said...
In platonic relationships with black men! I think thatâs important, cuz I donât often seen black solidarity unless itâs for the purpose of showing how diverse the writing is. Let them share interests, daily frustrations that they would only understand, but donât force a romance.
In solid friendships with other black girls! For some reason, weâre pitted against in each other inside and outside of writing! Write some sweet wholesome friendship!
With different sexualities! Let there be some that are ace, others are gay, bi or pan! Just be sure you donât sexualize them, or turn em into a robot.
âąWho are dark-skinned! This can be seen a lot in tv or movies, but when you want a black girl in your stuff donât just hire a light-skinned black girl or a biracial black girl. Itâs not the same.
Who get to act their age! Black women have a long standing history of being adultified, starting from a very young age, and itâs extremely harmful. Little black girls can wear what they please, the problem is people sexualizing them. Let the teen black girl be a teenager, she can look out for her siblings but she isnât the keepern the house or their lives. Young adult black girls are not ideal housewives or capable working machines, they mess up and mess around just as much as any young adult.
With mental/physical disabilities or illnesses. Alongside with being forced to be more mature than they are, disabilities/illnesses are never taken seriously and weâre forced to just deal with it. Having black girls who happen to have these issues, but also have a healthy support group is always good!
@ink-and-roses
Seen as beautiful and desirable and NOT in a hypersexualized way
Interracial relationships are wonderful because black girls are beautiful and lbr everybody sees it
Sensitive and allowed to feel something other than righteous anger
Some black girls are skinny! Some are big! Some are slim and some are curvy! Thereâs no mold!
Dark skinned!
A YA protagonist out to save the world from something other than racism
Superpowers or magic that doesnât come from generational trauma or slavery
Black characters who support other black characters. None of this token crabs in a barrel business.
Black girl nerds and punks and goths exist. I promise.
And this may be a personal preference but Iâm not against the idea of a damsel in distress. We are always being strong. Let her be soft and delicate and cared for. Let her be princess carried and rescued from the tower and the dragon.
[Note from Mod: Itâs not just you! I love a Black damsel being saved and protected. What is progressive for one woman varies due to historical and present depictions and is why intersectionality in feminism is so important! -Colette]
@nightlyswordswoman
As a writer, I write a lot of my black female characters like this because I rarely ever see black women being represented in these ways! ESPECIALLY on the covers of books, unless the author themselves is a black woman and even then its rare.Â
Too often black women are stereotyped as strong protector types that are always rough, tough, and donât need anybody in books (and real life), when thatâs honestly just dumb and inaccurate--black women are as vulnerable as anyone else (in some cases, even more vulnerable, but thatâs another topic).Â
So yeah, this list is 100% accurate and I encourage those who are interested in writing black female characters (whether youâre a black woman or not) to consider writing them like this, because the stereotype needs to die lol.
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Release Day Bliss: Same Page by G.L. Tomas
Release Day Bliss: Same Page by G.L. Tomas
So weâre super hush-hush about this, because all my bloggers friends who like Romance featuring diverse main characters, are folks we really admire and respect, and it just felt sleazy to market to folks, even though they may or may not be interested in a new read.
Weâre kinda tired of the Romance we write. A lot of Romance thatâs popular, and actually sells arenât inclusive. Some readers donâtâŠ
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