Every time I return from a convention, my mother asks me why it is so important to be so open about being gay. “People don’t want to know things like that. Aren’t you afraid you are turning off potential readers?” After I sigh, and consign myself to having to explain this once again, I say “Probably. There are certain bigoted readers who won’t read my books, but they wouldn’t like them anyway.”
Silence = Nonexistence
Silence = Nonexistence
Silence = Nonexistence
Every time I return from a convention, my mother asks me why it is so important to be so open about being gay. “People don’t want to know things like that. Aren’t you afraid you are turning off potential readers?” After I sigh, and consign myself to having to explain this once again, I say “Probably. There are certain bigoted readers who won’t read my books, but they wouldn’t like them anyway.”