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Outer Alliance Pride Day
Sep. 1st, 2009 12:58 amAs a member of the Outer Alliance, I advocate for queer speculative fiction and those who create, publish and support it, whatever their sexual orientation and gender identity. I make sure this is reflected in my actions and my work.
Unfortunately, none of my work with queer characters is actually published. A couple of short stories are in submission, and can't be posted here right now. So you get a scene from Land Beyond the Border, one of two novels in progress. It's currently stalled in the midbook, actually; maybe this will help.
Quickie background and dramatis personae: Between Earth and Faerie lies a narrow borderland. Not all stories are true there, but the ones that have sunk deep into the collective consciousness take on a life of their own. Sherua is from the section of the Border that is, essentially, where Indiana Jones goes to steal treasure. As a Border native, she is fae-blooded, with mostly inconvenient results: an allergy to iron and limitations on her free will where it conflicts with the story defining her world. She is currently stuck in the dinosaur section, trying to return a stolen map to her people. Nadine Lopez is an anthropologist from the Field Museum in Chicago. She is currently helping escort Sherua through dangerous territory, and sitting really hard on her desire to write the whole thing up for journal publication. They are safe for the night in a walled town, and taking a much-needed trip to the bath house.
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Unfortunately, none of my work with queer characters is actually published. A couple of short stories are in submission, and can't be posted here right now. So you get a scene from Land Beyond the Border, one of two novels in progress. It's currently stalled in the midbook, actually; maybe this will help.
Quickie background and dramatis personae: Between Earth and Faerie lies a narrow borderland. Not all stories are true there, but the ones that have sunk deep into the collective consciousness take on a life of their own. Sherua is from the section of the Border that is, essentially, where Indiana Jones goes to steal treasure. As a Border native, she is fae-blooded, with mostly inconvenient results: an allergy to iron and limitations on her free will where it conflicts with the story defining her world. She is currently stuck in the dinosaur section, trying to return a stolen map to her people. Nadine Lopez is an anthropologist from the Field Museum in Chicago. She is currently helping escort Sherua through dangerous territory, and sitting really hard on her desire to write the whole thing up for journal publication. They are safe for the night in a walled town, and taking a much-needed trip to the bath house.
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