{"id":2987,"date":"2006-06-09T17:37:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-09T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:25:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:25:27","slug":"randomly-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2987","title":{"rendered":"Randomly"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been whinging about the dearth of multicultural children’s lit. Aside from Mitali Perkins<\/a>, whom we’ve gushed about before on this site, I am cheered to find a South Asian<\/a> children’s site that is an annotated bibliography that keeps track of what’s new, what’s out there, etc., for the young reader. Yay!<\/p>\n

You know I have gnashed and wept and griped before about the lack of centrally featured strong and impervious<\/a> girls in literature… (I mean, it’s a bit of a shame that the Potter epics aren’t called Hermione and the Sorcerers Sword,<\/i> isn’t it? Okay, okay, I know that may be pushing it, but…) I was pleased to find that East Bay maven Jen Robinson<\/a> has started an official<\/i> Cool Girls List<\/a>, and at one point, it was going to be highlighting the top twenty coolest girls in literature. Hah! It’s much longer than that now<\/a>, and I can think of many more!<\/p>\n

Awhile ago, Texas illustrator Don Tate<\/a> blogged about the lack of stories of black males who just … do<\/i> stuff, like normal people. I let that thought percolate around in my head in view of the conversations I’ve had with The Agent, and remembering a very nice rejection I received which said that they appreciated that my character’s race wasn’t a subject of angst for her, that it was a “refreshing change.” I am encouraged by his comments and the number of people who have linked to the post, discussed it, etc., and I know I have my work cut out for me… maybe we all do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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