Robert Kingett on Nostr: *sigh* Editor: I was so happy when your agent sent over the manuscript. This is a ...

*sigh*

Editor: I was so happy when your agent sent over the manuscript. This is a really transgressive romance story!Very gripping. Does it have to have Blind characters though?

Me. Yes. It does.

Editor. Really? How many readers can identify with blind characters, especially with all the blind particular conversations they have. It will confuse readers.

Ugh! This was from a book on sub! Ugh! I've had various indie presses tell me this too. Do these characters have to be blind? Do they have to be speaking about blindness things?

Yes, and yes. This is a particular story I want to tell, so, yes. Deal with it. Yes.

But does it have to have disabled characters?

Yes it does, now shut up and edit.

I can't tell if publishing thinks readers are sheltered or vapid.

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