Could we (maybe after the AW server move?) a section for good, reputable POC agencies and publishers? Or a link to sites that showcase them?
After 30 years of being a cheerleader for the trade pub/mainstream agency system, I'm burning out on it. I'm not the only person who has watched the 'diversity train' over the last few years with a *lot* of skepticism. I've seen some public triumphs...and in private, a lot more appalling behavior from agent and editor comments about POC, neurodiverse, and other marginalized authors & their mms.
Yes, editors and agents: writers talk to each other and share pertinent details.
There are a lot of good authors who aren't being served, who aren't bothering to stay the course of the (usually very long) agent/publisher hunt, and who are not even bothering to embark on it.
Maybe more of them can find a better path outside the mainstream.
After 30 years of being a cheerleader for the trade pub/mainstream agency system, I'm burning out on it. I'm not the only person who has watched the 'diversity train' over the last few years with a *lot* of skepticism. I've seen some public triumphs...and in private, a lot more appalling behavior from agent and editor comments about POC, neurodiverse, and other marginalized authors & their mms.
Yes, editors and agents: writers talk to each other and share pertinent details.
There are a lot of good authors who aren't being served, who aren't bothering to stay the course of the (usually very long) agent/publisher hunt, and who are not even bothering to embark on it.
Maybe more of them can find a better path outside the mainstream.