Free For All Friday: The Wonderland Pride Spotlight Project

 

Free For All Friday: The Wonderland Pride Spotlight Project

Discussing My Project

Over on Instagram, I'm starting a project called The Wonderland Pride Spotlight project. All of Pride month, different LGBTQ+ authors and authors who include rep will be featured each day. All of these authors were personally interviewed by me as part of the project. I will be including the full interviews on my blog each day (I apologize for the spam in advance).

The project is designed to showcase books with representation in hopes that it becomes more normalized. The real world has many queer people in it, the literary world should too. 

If anyone is interested in participating, just let me know! 

Behind the Scenes

The existing support for this project has been overwhelming! It is truly a wonderful feeling to see just how many people are as passionate as I am about using their platform to uplift marginalized voices. I am so very thankful for everyone who has given me the chance to make this project the success I'm hoping it will be!

Speaking to the authors has been nothing less than inspiring. To see why each and every one of them got into writing, why they find rep important, and what queer figures they look up to has truly been fascinating. I've found the entire experience surprisingly enlightening. The kindness and compassion they have expressed to me warms my heart. 

I'll admit, setting up this project has been a ton of work, but it is a labor of love to be sure! I've had to do a lot of speaking to strangers to make this happen, which was definitely a hurdle with my social anxiety. That said, I've done it and I'm massively proud of myself. 

This year, I've created a guide to help posters have all of the information they need in one place. My goal is to simplify everything related to the project for the participants. I assessed what went well and what didn't to make big changes from last year's version of the project. It was a lot to assemble, but I benefit from it as well. I still have to get to work on my own posts, but that is my plan for the rest of today. 

Here's to hoping the project runs smoothly come June! I've got to get back to work!