MrFarFromRight
Banned
Some friends and I have started up a "publishing hut" called La Gr@not@. It's based in Germany and I'm the editor for Spain and Spanish interests.
In the early days, we're going to concentrate on producing children's books... and especially picture books.
We're not in this for the money (we actually expect to lose money). What we're mainly interested in is producing books that
a) make children THINK;
b) break moulds and overturn prejudices;
c) introduce new ideas and new ways of seeing the World.
Something we're particularly interested in is presenting outsiders, people with different life-styles and life-choices, "handicapped" people, people with alternative sexualities... as being perfectly respectable. I DON'T mean by this "perfectly staid and normal", but "perfectly deserving of the readers' respect."
We'd prefer the books NOT to have a preachy, pamphleteering, DIDACTIC tone to them, but (to give an example pertinent to this polyamory site) to present their child-heroes as children of gay, bisexual, and/or polyamorous parents.
Whether the book has a "this is SO O.K. that we're not even going to underline the fact" feel to it, or presents the child-heroes with problems [created by prejudiced peers] which are then overcome, is left up to the author.
We're not afraid of taking a chance on first-time writers and artists, so if you'd like to try your hand at it, why don't you check out our web-site?
In the early days, we're going to concentrate on producing children's books... and especially picture books.
We're not in this for the money (we actually expect to lose money). What we're mainly interested in is producing books that
a) make children THINK;
b) break moulds and overturn prejudices;
c) introduce new ideas and new ways of seeing the World.
Something we're particularly interested in is presenting outsiders, people with different life-styles and life-choices, "handicapped" people, people with alternative sexualities... as being perfectly respectable. I DON'T mean by this "perfectly staid and normal", but "perfectly deserving of the readers' respect."
We'd prefer the books NOT to have a preachy, pamphleteering, DIDACTIC tone to them, but (to give an example pertinent to this polyamory site) to present their child-heroes as children of gay, bisexual, and/or polyamorous parents.
Whether the book has a "this is SO O.K. that we're not even going to underline the fact" feel to it, or presents the child-heroes with problems [created by prejudiced peers] which are then overcome, is left up to the author.
We're not afraid of taking a chance on first-time writers and artists, so if you'd like to try your hand at it, why don't you check out our web-site?