Natasja Rose
Bio
I've been writing since I learned how, but those have been lost and will never see daylight (I hope).
I'm an Indie Author, with 30+ books published.
I live in Sydney, Australia
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Stories (502)
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Infinite Rainbows
In a lot of my writing groups, you can't go a day without someone asking a stupid question about diversity in fiction. "Will I fail to sell any books if I include LGBTQ+ characters?" (My current best-selling book has a Token Straight; nearly all the main characters are somewhere on the rainbow spectrum, and sales soared as a result) "Will women refuse to read my book if I am a man writing a woman main character?" (I recommend getting a female editor or beta reader for authenticity, but as long as you aren't taking inspiration from the Cringe List, you're good.) "Can a thirteen-year-old become a best-selling writer if they write about an interesting main character?" (Not without a relative or parent in the industry who can game the system in your favor. Stick to fanfiction for a couple of years first.) "Is it OK to have an explicit sex scene in a YA Fantasy novel if the characters are of legal age?" (Not in YA, but ok in General or Adult fiction. Your characters might be legal, but your intended audience is not) "How do I make my main characters diverse?" "Can I make my Asian female lead a mail-order bride?" (Unless this is historical fiction set when mail-order brides were actually a big thing, hard NO. Go away and do a lot more research on harmful stereotypes.)
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Journal
Charlotte's Choice
Charlotte had been seventeen, a mere shopkeeper’s daughter, when she received - and rejected - her first proposal. There had been nothing wrong with the man, some eight years her senior and newly established in his trade. But her parents had eyes above their station even then, and believed that she would be able to do better. They had advised patience and warned of the trouble that came with wedding in haste, and Charlotte had still been young enough to believe in fantasies of passionate romance and a handsome, wealthy suitor coming to sweep her off her feet.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Fiction
When Your Government Is The Problem
*Note for Foreigners: Despite the name, the Liberal-National Party, currently in power and theoretically in charge of Australian Politics, is our Right-Wing. The Trump-Supporting Lunatics equivilent is split between Clive Palmer's United Australia Party, and Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in The Swamp
The Truth, The Whole Truth?
At first, I wasn't planning to enter this challenge. I didn't have any real mentors growing up, and the people I look to now for guidence and support are more a relationship of friends and equals. Most of the people I can honestly say I "drew inspiration" from were more in the sense of "right, I'm never being like that jerk!" than an example to follow.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Confessions
