gay historical submission call (and other matters)

[erastes]

First of all – those you who were interested in submitting to THE LAST GASP gay historical 4 novella anthology – there’s GOOD NEWS – the deadline has been extended to “open” as I don’t have enough submissions.

This was caused by me making the original call for submissions a private one, and it didn’t drum up enough interest, so now I’m making it an open call.

HERE ARE THE SUBMISSION DETAILS – and I hope that some of you will consider writing for it.  It will now be published in 2010.

I’ve just realised I didn’t advertise my Jessewave post this week – it’s about the joy of Sex Reading.  So pop on over and have a look?

TV: Been watching "Defying Gravity" which is... ok. A bit slow, rather more than derivative, but I'll stick with it until it gets cancelled!! Ugly Betty is back – hurrah! The Big Bang Theory continues to please my inner nerd quite wonderfully (and if you are not watching it – why NOT?) 

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Something I will never understand is this whole “you’re either with us, or you are against us” mentality.  Many people I have on my flist have views I disagree with, and occasionally I might pop in and say why I disagree with them, but just because they think differently to me about a subject it doesn’t mean I HATE them, or will drop them.

Granted, if I found I had an out and out frothing mad hate-crime Phelps on my list, I would drop them, but just because someone thinks about race, or religion, or civil rights in a way I don’t run parallel to, it doesn’t make them my enemy.  I wouldn’t go spouting about them in other forums, I wouldn’t stomp off from communities where they were.  I just don’t get it. 

Perhaps it’s being English,some laissez-faire (yes, I know that’s ironic) attitude we have where we’ll all argue down the pub, disagree vehemently with each other and then all go out for a curry afterwards.  We don’t stomp off from the pub and vow never to eat Tandoori with those blokes again. I belong to many discussion groups where there are members whose views I might disagree with—there was a discussion about male protags on one group the other day for example where I wanted to call bollocks on many opinions that were being ignorantly aired, but I wouldn’t leave the group because of it.  It’s all a bit odd.

Comments

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

That sounds interesting - I'll see if I can think of something. I wonder if the English civil war would count?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

oh definitely- the world changed!

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Cool. I'll see if I can turn some canonical poets gay. :) Cavaliers were all about military companionship, after all.

[mroctober.livejournal.com]

Cool. Lethe's Time Well Bent releases next week.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Oh - I've been looking forward to that one! Thanks!

[chris-smith-atr.livejournal.com]

I am with you AND against you.

no idea why. It's 7am. I don't need to make sense.

[ammonite7.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I have already started writing something for this, but was really getting stressed about the time thing.

Now I have to submit.

And those "them or us" folks? Most aren't about to listen to any discussion anyway, for they have made up their minds and are present only for the rant.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I drop people who think I need to die because of my religion or sexuality for one very good reason: they will make it happen if they think they can get away with it.

I saw this in action when my daughter was repeatedly physically assaulted, with intent to kill, by "Good Christian Kids" who couldn't suffer a witch or a dyke to live. I tend to be a little radicalized because of that.

My attitude toward people who are anti-gay or who think only Christians are citizens is as follows:
"If you don't believe I am a person, with the same rights as you, why the HELL are you calling me your friend?"

My flist doesn't have to agree in all particulars, but I don't need the stress of people who are anathama and dangerous to me on my light reading.