I have to say that the main reason that I haven't written about people of color is that I've only written in very limited subgenres of a few fandoms whose characters are not of color. I have not written much of Sala or Lawrence in Lotrips because I don't know enough about them to feel comfortable doing them justice, and I can't seem to find much about them that fills in the gaps I'd need to do that. (If I ever meet them, that could change pretty easily!)
I had the same problem writing Barriss/Luminara (Star Wars Ep 2 Jedi) - not being a great fan of the extended universe books, it took me a while to find any information - and at the time I wasn't flush enough to go out and *buy* the damn things.
I assume that writing Sala and Lawrence (and Lani and Fon and...) in the later parts of Trees will be just as problematic for that reason. I'm hoping that the Costa Boates documentary will be able to fill in the gaps somewhat.
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Date: 2006-09-23 07:03 pm (UTC)I have to say that the main reason that I haven't written about people of color is that I've only written in very limited subgenres of a few fandoms whose characters are not of color. I have not written much of Sala or Lawrence in Lotrips because I don't know enough about them to feel comfortable doing them justice, and I can't seem to find much about them that fills in the gaps I'd need to do that. (If I ever meet them, that could change pretty easily!)
I had the same problem writing Barriss/Luminara (Star Wars Ep 2 Jedi) - not being a great fan of the extended universe books, it took me a while to find any information - and at the time I wasn't flush enough to go out and *buy* the damn things.
I assume that writing Sala and Lawrence (and Lani and Fon and...) in the later parts of Trees will be just as problematic for that reason. I'm hoping that the Costa Boates documentary will be able to fill in the gaps somewhat.