Lisa Ray Instagram – Repost from @janicepariat using @RepostRegramApp – “Love is a burst of light” Before #pridemonth comes to an end, a little note on Seahorse, my second book, that follows the romantic (mis)adventures of Nem, a small town boy who falls in love on a college campus in a big city. The novel reimagines a lesser known Greek myth—the story of Poseidon, god of the sea, and his beautiful devotee Pelops. I’ve often been asked “why did you write a love story between two men?” (I’m assuming because I happen to be a “woman writer”)—and the only answer that’s sounded right to me is “why not?” I’m interested in love—in all its queer beauty, its inevitable transgressions, its power and glory and petty jealousies. How it shapes each of us. While Seahorse is an #lgbtq novel, nowhere in the text would you find references to characters being gay, lesbian, homosexual—because I’m trying to imagine for us a world in which labels do not matter. People have called this idealistic, but I prefer to see it as humanistic, compassionate even, for categories can be cruel, limiting, fixed. One day I hope #pridemonth will be like any month. To celebrate for now though, here’s a tiny excerpt from Seahorse—on time and love and brevity. . . . . . . . . #janicepariat #pridemonth #seahorse #seahorseanovel #lgbtq #queerness #lovehasnolabels #lovehasnogender #loveislove #lgbtqbooks #pride🌈 #lgbtqliterature #pridemonth2020 #pridebooks #pridemonthreads #lgbtq🌈 #lgbtqpride #lgbtqfiction #indianwriting #indianwriters #indianwritersofinstagram #writinglove #indiannovels #howtowritelove #writingrelationships