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I was thinking about vampires and, specifically, about what makes vampires a romantic trope: about what people like about not just vampires but supernaturally long-lived creatures in general, which is a thing that shows up in probably fifty to sixty percent of paranormal romances... And then, for some reason, I decided to reverse it.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
About
Creatures
Decided
Fifty
General
Just
Like
Makes
Paranormal
People
Percent
Reason
Reverse
Romances
Romantic
Shows
Sixty
Some
Specifically
Then
Thing
Thinking
Up
Vampires
Which
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I've come to think of Dunnett as the literary equivalent of the Velvet Underground; Not many people bought the books, but everyone who did wrote a novel.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
Books
Bought
Come
Did
Equivalent
Everyone
Literary
Many
Novel
People
Think
Underground
Velvet
Who
Wrote
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In the publishing sense, 'urban fantasy' does not mean 'black,' and that's pretty ironic, considering that it's a euphemism everywhere else. It would be great to get that back.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
Back
Black
Considering
Does
Else
Euphemism
Everywhere
Fantasy
Get
Great
Ironic
Mean
Pretty
Publishing
Sense
Urban
Would
Would-Be
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Palmares Tres is a society born out of a distinct, idiosyncratic utopian vision formed in the midst of an apocalypse. I would say the residents of Palmares Tres respect the strength of that history and their remarkable ability to rise from the ashes of the old world.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
Ability
Apocalypse
Ashes
Born
Distinct
Formed
History
Midst
Old
Old World
Out
Remarkable
Residents
Respect
Rise
Say
Society
Strength
Utopian
Vision
World
Would
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The big, defining feature of Palmares Tres government is its system of summer kings. The idea is that women 'Aunties' rule, led by a queen with a term limit of 10 years. Men aren't entirely shut out from this system - in fact, they have one of the most important roles in the government - but it's strictly delimited.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
Big
Defining
Entirely
Fact
Feature
Government
Idea
Important
Important Roles
In Fact
Kings
Led
Limit
Men
Most
Out
Queen
Roles
Rule
Shut
Strictly
Summer
System
Term
The Most Important
Women
Years
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The hours I spent attempting to decipher some of Dunnett's more oblique passages opened me to the possibilities of romantic storytelling.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
Attempting
Decipher
Hours
Me
More
Oblique
Opened
Passages
Possibilities
Romantic
Some
Spent
Storytelling
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The old fiction room at my high school was a small box of wonders, and no matter how long I spent investigating its seven and a half overstuffed shelves, I never stopped discovering treasures.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
Box
Discovering
Fiction
Half
High
High School
How
Investigating
Long
Matter
Never
Old
Room
School
Seven
Shelves
Small
Spent
Stopped
Treasures
Wonders
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The trajectory of a lot of black lives in the 20th century was people moving into cities. A lot of the issue with modern urban fantasy is that it's un-diverse, and that's crazy with what we know the history of cities here to be.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
20th Century
Black
Century
Cities
Crazy
Fantasy
Here
History
Issue
Know
Lives
Lot
Modern
Moving
People
The History Of
Trajectory
Urban
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There are people with an explicit political bent complaining about people having political agendas while nominating stories with political agendas. Is it political to try to be diverse? Is it political to try to imagine a non-heteronormative society? Yes, because it involves politics. But how do they expect us to not write about our lives?
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
About
Agendas
Because
Bent
Complaining
Diverse
Expect
Explicit
Having
How
Imagine
Involves
Lives
Our
Our Lives
People
Political
Politics
Society
Stories
Try
Us
While
Write
Yes
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Very early on in the process of trying to sell 'The Summer Prince,' I was told, 'Slavery seems to be very important to this society - is that on purpose?' Well, duh.
~ Alaya Dawn Johnson
Early
Important
Prince
Process
Purpose
Seems
Sell
Slavery
Society
Summer
Trying
Very
Well
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