Hi there everyone,
I need your help!
I want to know what makes you happy, sad and angry when you read about gay characters in a science fiction book. How gay is too gay? And what things are critical in creating a believable hero that's also gay?
My aim for my next few stories is to promote homosexuality, not so much in a 'we're queer, we're here- get used to it' way but to create a world where gay people are just people and thier sexuality is not a big deal.
For now please give me some ideas, hints, tips or anything that might be helpful on what a good gay science fiction should be like.
Oh yes the story line... Travis Tori is a callous hard arse of a soldier, he's good at killing and revels in it. He grew up on a breeding planet where love is strictly between opposite genders. He joins the evil forces to try and find purpose in his life, but what he finds is Glendalough a fragile man on the brink of despair. Glen is a healer and has grown up where love was free, he cannot understand the joy of killing or the point of segregation.
They soon teach each other many things about the world and how it works, both realising they had fairly one sided views. With that comes the discovery of the evil behind the army, they desert, trying to find a way to stop what is about to be the biggest destructive event the world has ever known.
Oh and I can't include explixit sex scenes in there (I know they can be fun but my publisher is anti-smut and if I'm writing it then it will be SMUT)
Thanks in advance for your help!!! I can't wait to see what people think!