Disabled characters, particularly disabled characters that are portrayed realistically, are still something of a rarity in fiction, so it's only natural that the presence of a realistic and sexy disabled character in your series would be a draw for some.
This was not my intention, but it's an interesting angle...
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AA, I put myself through college working with disabled students and helping them learn how to navigate the university system as a whole. Most of my clients were blind.
When I started, I had NO IDEA what I was doing and I screwed up royally. However, as time progressed, and thanks to the patient teaching many of them gave me on how to help them learn to help themselves...I developed a keen sense of what they deal with, what they go through, and what they have to overcome on a daily basis. Something that we do in five seconds often takes them HOURS. Literally hours. Yet, they are ashamed to ask for help because people are freaked out, don't understand what they need, make things worse, or avoid them entirely because they are "different".
For every single one of them, their number one complaint was wishing "normal" people understood them better.
I'm not sure if you know this or not, but the fact that you have a character in your book that is blind and they are finding that character to be realistic and admirable...that is an UNBELIEVABLY GIGANTIC compliment.
Nice job.
Keep it up and you will soon have a very loyal following
When I started, I had NO IDEA what I was doing and I screwed up royally. However, as time progressed, and thanks to the patient teaching many of them gave me on how to help them learn to help themselves...I developed a keen sense of what they deal with, what they go through, and what they have to overcome on a daily basis. Something that we do in five seconds often takes them HOURS. Literally hours. Yet, they are ashamed to ask for help because people are freaked out, don't understand what they need, make things worse, or avoid them entirely because they are "different".
For every single one of them, their number one complaint was wishing "normal" people understood them better.
I'm not sure if you know this or not, but the fact that you have a character in your book that is blind and they are finding that character to be realistic and admirable...that is an UNBELIEVABLY GIGANTIC compliment.
Nice job.
Keep it up and you will soon have a very loyal following
Well, I'm still waiting on the assassins to chime in whether my depiction was accurate... *grin*Madeline said:
Let's hope so, I think the Amsterdam Assassin Series deserves a wider audience than the current few who enjoyed it.Madeline said:Keep it up and you will soon have a very loyal following
Cool. If you can, let me know what you think about the book. And keep in mind that there's a second novel with the same main characters.Caitie Quinn said:
Just so you know, Devogirl and I are very close. I am one of the main authors of disabled devoteeism work. So yeah, when you talk about devs, remember that you've got one among youAmsterdamAssassin said:
You are going to have an interview on my website and I've also suggested it on my Dev Love Press newsletter.
Almost no books are written specifically for a devotee audience. We enjoy finding books with appropriate and realistic portrayals of people with disabilities what ever led the author to write them.
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