Three Questions I Never Get Asked

[jimhines]

Why did you choose to make Princess Danielle white in your princess books?

Isaac Vainio, the protagonist of your next book, is a straight man. Why did you decide to write about a heterosexual protagonist?

Jig the goblin is smart, resourceful, and in an admittedly nontraditional sense, rather courageous. What made you want to write about a strong male character?

Mirrored from Jim C. Hines.

Comments

[muccamukk]

I usually do ask those questions, in a grumbly to myself kind of way, esp the one about everyone being straight (what got me into your books, other than this blog, was hearing you had a lesbian protagonist). Queer men are few and far between in F/SF, I tell you.

It hadn't occurred to me to ask the author though.

[jimhines]

I would love to see more people asking the authors, finding out if it's a deliberate, conscious choice or just defaulting to the perceived "norm."