{"id":3047,"date":"2018-08-09T10:14:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2018-08-09T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:14:38","slug":"diversity-in-fiction-its-important-to-get-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/diversity-in-fiction-its-important-to-get-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Diversity in Fiction – it’s important to get it right."},"content":{"rendered":"

I don't know how many authors follow me, but I'd like to get the word out on this service Quiethouse Editing is offering: Diversity readers.<\/p>\n

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\"If you're writing outside your own experience and culture, diversity readers (aka sensitivity readers) can help you identify bias, stereotypes, and inauthenticity.<\/span>\"<\/p>\n

For more information visit: http:\/\/www.quiethouseediting.com\/diversityreading.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t know how many authors follow me, but I’d like to get the word out on this service Quiethouse Editing is offering: Diversity readers. “If you’re writing outside your own experience and culture, diversity readers (aka sensitivity readers) can help you identify bias, stereotypes, and inauthenticity.” For more information visit: http:\/\/www.quiethouseediting.com\/diversityreading.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[290],"tags":[804,430,805,762],"class_list":["post-3047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","tag-diversity","tag-lgbt","tag-poc","tag-queer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-N9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":562,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/jamie-lake-mm-author\/","url_meta":{"origin":3047,"position":0},"title":"Jamie Lake – M\/M Author","author":"Bey","date":"September 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This month I'm doing something a little different! 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