Young People Should Read About Life As It Is Lived

I have oft been asked about writing sensitive content in young adult works; more particularly, writing sex and violence in young adult literature. I believe young people should read about life as it is lived and have written a few articles on this polarizing and unwieldy controversy. For ease of access, I have listed links to the articles here. Please feel free to comment and leave questions below. I'll do my best to answer them. 

Young People Should Read About Life As It Is Lived Series

Age and Law

Minors' Rights

Popular Opinion

Authorship & Publishers

Additional Articles on Writing Romance, Sex, and Violence in Young Adult Works

Queer Romance Month 2014: Queerily Every After - Writing Romance in Young Adult Works
Boys on the Brink: Writing Sex and Violence in Young Adult Works

Boys on the Brink: Q&A with Cody Kennedy about "Safe"

Queerily Ever After for Queer Romance Month WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Queerily Ever After

Why writing literature for queer youth is important. 

Check it out right here.

And the winners of an ecopy of Safe are:

Lee Todd
Julie Small
Jodi Marinich

Queer Romance Month - Get Involved!

October is Queer Romance Month and I'm a participating author! You can be too! Get involved!

Queer Romance Month exists to celebrate queer romantic fiction in all its aspects. We believe that love is love, and nobody should be relegated to a sidebar or a subgenre. Queer romance is romance.

We welcome anyone who believes in love, irrespective of gender or orientation. Allies, supporters and the curious are all part of QRM. We support the right to read what you like, write what you love, and be who you are. We love romantic fiction. We want to share the love and help some amazing books and authors reach a wider audience.

A couple of notes:

Some of the text content on this QRM website may be 18+ or include swearing. Use your judgement when reading.

This is a celebration of queer romance and its allies. You are welcome to discuss posts and (respectfully) disagree, but aggression and hatefulness will not be tolerated. In other words, don’t be a jerk.

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