fiction

Hi there, I'm an author. I'm concerned that there is little representation of the deaf community in fiction novels, and have decided to write a deaf protagonist for my next novel. But I want the character to feel real, and so I am speaking to as many of the deaf community as possible to make...

Hi, I hope you'll forgive my intrusion here, but I'll be utterly and totally honest and transparent. I'm not deaf, and I do not know anyone who is. But, and this is the reason I'm here, and I hope it makes it forgivable. I'm currently writing a fiction YA novel, and the main character is a...

Hi folks! I joined this forum because I'm in the process of writing an adventure story featuring a deaf adolescent female MC and I want try to do it without being rude, patronizing, or clichéd. Since I know very little about deafness or the deaf community, I thought a forum like this might be a...