from girluknow: I just wanted to say that I loved the article and I feel encouraged by it.

I think that sites like Torquere Press are proving to the more faint-hearted publishers that there is an audience for gay romance novels. Personally, I've always thought that the amount of slash fiction online ought to have proved that fact long, long ago. :) But apparently publishers and agents need a lot of convincing. I had one agent respond to a query with, "gay fiction is extremely difficult to sell, so I'm passing on this". It may have been her polite way of saying my writing sucked, but it was discouraging either way.

When writers who have published and are getting positive feedback from male and female readers both then post about their experiences, it really does give a boost to the rest of us. Thanks for that.