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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Power couple!
Isaac and Rivka, the hetero couple from The Second Mango. Created by Shira Glassman, drawn by Mina V. and inked by Jane Dominguez, this pair of warriors–he a wizard, she a swordfighter trained in multiple forms of combat–represent the hetero … Continue reading
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Tagged age gap, age gap romance, chibi, feminist romance, jewish, mangoverse, muscular women, older man, older man younger woman, older men, romance, warrior woman, wizard
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Sending gift citrus
“The crop is really sweet this year!” We live in Florida, and we send a gift box of honeybells to my in-laws up in Boston every winter. The fictional country of Perach is inspired by Florida (“perach” even means “flower” … Continue reading
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Tagged bisexual, books, cartoon, cartoons, chibis, citrus, cute, femslash, fiction, florida, fruit, honeybells, lesbian, lgbt, oranges, queer, shoujo ai, tangelos, tangerines
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I will never get tired of durian humor
Perach’s prosperity comes from tropical agriculture. Here, Queen Shulamit shows the other characters from The Second Mango… …an incredibly stinky fruit called durian. Often called the king of fruit, it tastes good–well, maybe–but smells so bad that there are signs … Continue reading
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Tagged books, cartoon, durian, Erin Ptah, family, family of choice, fictional characters, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtqia, mangoverse, queer, tropical
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Riv Maror: a different type of golem
In Jewish mythology, a rabbi supposedly created the golem by breathing life into a gigantic man of clay, so that the creature could serve as protection for our people against attacks. My character Rivka serves as literal protection, as bodyguard … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, feminist, fictional characters, golem, inspiration, jewish, jewish fiction, legend, lgbtq, media, media representation, mythology, queer, representation, siegfried, warrior women, writing
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Author interview on Rainbow Book Reviews
Rainbow Book Reviews asked me some questions about my writing: All my life, I’ve been fascinated by the relationships between fictional characters. When the existing fiction that I liked – historical, vintage mysteries, fairy tales – didn’t give me anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged author, bisexual, bisexual author, books, family, family of choice, fantasy, feminist, jewish, jewish author, lgbt, lgbtq, queer, writers, writing
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Climbing the Date Palm: a fantasy novel about labor rights
Now available from Prizm Books, the sequel to The Second Mango: Queen Shulamit is eager to help Kaveh, the youngest prince of a neighboring country, when his father throws his engineer boyfriend in jail for leading his workers in protest over … Continue reading
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Tagged bisexual, bisexual authors, Bisexuality, book covers, books, climbing the date palm, dragons, fiction, gay, gay romance, labor, labor rights, lesbian, Prizm Books, queer, queer young adult, romance, shapeshifters, slash, wage theft, workers rights, young adult fantasy
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Where do you get your ideas?
I keep hearing about writers who get asked “where do you get your ideas?” Famous writers talk about it, and works of fiction about writers show them faced with this question as well. Since so much of my writing is fueled by … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, bisexual, Bisexuality, diversity, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, mangoverse, media, queer, reader questions, representation, Shira Glassman, the second mango, writers, writing
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The wizard Isaac, “video-game style”
Isaac is the middle-aged wizard who taught my warrior woman Rivka how to swordfight, before accidentally falling in love with her because she got so good at it. He’s mysterious and secretive, and speaks in an unusually deep and resonant voice. He … Continue reading
Awkward teenage bisexual confessions, and representation for young girls who crush on girls
Awkward teenage bisexual confessions, and representation for young girls who crush on girls I realized while facepalming about this earlier today that a major motivation for writing about Shulamit’s awkwardness, her crushes on most of the women she encounters in the … Continue reading
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Tagged bisexual, Bisexuality, crushes, gay, lesbian, lesbian crush, lgbt teens, queer, queer youth, representation, teenagers, writing
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